AutoComplete

[aehan]

How can I stop Word from AutoCompleting a year typed, eg as 2004? When
typing a date at the beginning of a letter in the UK it is typed, eg as 6th
December 2004. AutoComplete then finishes off the 2004 as an American date.
Can anyone help?

 

[Graham Mayor]

Use a createdate field in your letter template and you won't need to type
the date. Alternatively insert the date using a macro see -
http://www.gmayor.com/formatting_word_fields.htm

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[aehan]

Thanks, but I teach mature students and some would freak at fields and macros
so I really need a simpler solution. So far, all I have been able to offer
is type the date followed by a space and then press Enter, but if anyone
knows how to disable AutoComple for that one thing I'd be really grateful.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

The workaround you have come up with is the only one known.