Thanks, Steve The language was set to British English but automatic language detection was turned on. This is probably why the date changed to the American format if the document was written on a pc set to American English. Barry ----- Original Message ----- From: Steven Hicks To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2006 5:21 PM Subject: [access-uk] Re: Insert date Try going in to Microsoft word, Tools, language and setting it there. Steve. ----- Original Message ----- From: Barry Hill To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2006 1:36 PM Subject: [access-uk] Re: Insert date Sorry folks. I'm using Word 2003. Barry ----- Original Message ----- From: George Bell To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2006 1:22 PM Subject: [access-uk] Re: Insert date With what program, Barry? George. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Barry Hill Sent: 28 September 2006 13:00 To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] Insert date Hi all I've just noticed that when I insert a date using alt I, the format is the American style with the month first. How do I put it back to the English version? Thanks Barry