Auto Insert Date not working in Word 2007

N

navmatt

I'm struggling with getting the as-you-type auto date insert function
working on one machine. It works out of the box on 4 other machines.

Has anyone else had this problem? Was there a solution?
 
H

Herb Tyson [MVP]

There is a way to turn auto-complete of dates on and off. If it has somehow
gotten turned off, then this might be the problem. I would first try using a
one-line macro to turn it on:

Sub TurnOnAutoComplete()
Application.DisplayAutoCompleteTips = True
End Sub

If this doesn't fix it, then I would try renaming or deleting the Data key
in the registry:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Word\Data

*Standard disclaimer: editing the registry can cause problems if you mess
up, and can destabilize the rotation of the planet. Proceed at your own
risk.
 
J

JudyAC

I have this same problem, but it's not on one or two PC's but nearly my
entire install base of 28 or 29 PC's. Some where installed using SMS, but
some were not. All have the problem that autodate does not work correctly.
Creating this macro worked on my own computer. But my big question is. If
the autodate doesn't work on my entire installed base, what is wrong with
Office 2007. I can find nothing that addresses this problem. Should not
this have been set right on the installation DVD? I really believe this is a
Microsoft problem and not specific to my situation. I'll be installing
another 50 or 60 copies of Office 2007 and will find it extremely annoying if
I have to make this change on all.

How do I globally make the change and how can I share with the 2 or so I
already have installed without writing a macro or copying a macro to each PC?
This should have been set on to begin with upon first install. Any ideas of
Microsoft palns on correcting this bug?

Thanks Much, Judy

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Judy Crawford
IT System Tech
22 years of desktop support
 
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