{"id":20911,"date":"2017-04-14T16:23:26","date_gmt":"2017-04-14T16:23:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/?p=20911"},"modified":"2017-04-14T16:23:26","modified_gmt":"2017-04-14T16:23:26","slug":"microsoft-word-2007-changing-date-format","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/microsoft-word-2007-changing-date-format\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft Word 2007: changing date format"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tutoring Business English, word processing formats inevitably arise. The tutor suggests how to change the date format in Microsoft Word 2007.<\/h1>\n

I prefer the date format April 14, 2017. There’s no chance of misunderstanding it, since the month is a proper noun and the year is four digits.<\/p>\n

On my computer, anyway, Microsoft Office Word 2007 prefers the format 2017-04-14. What can a user do to change the date format?<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Click Insert at the top (next to Home).<\/li>\n
  2. Locate, in the Text area of the toolbar (probably right side), the option Date and Time. Click it.<\/li>\n
  3. You will be offered a menu of date formats.<\/li>\n
  4. On mine, among the English (Canada) choices, the closest to April 14, 2017 is 14 April 2017.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Of course, the user can type any date format they want. However, Word will try to autocorrect it to the chosen (or else default) format. To stop the autocorrect, simply left-click when it’s offered. (Make sure the mouse pointer is on the cursor when you do so, or else your cursor might be sent wherever the mouse pointer is.)<\/p>\n

    Source:<\/p>\n

    superuser.com<\/a><\/p>\n

    Jack of Oracle Tutoring by Jack and Diane,<\/a> Campbell River, BC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Tutoring Business English, word processing formats inevitably arise. The tutor suggests how to change the date format in Microsoft Word 2007. I prefer the date format April 14, 2017. There’s no chance of misunderstanding it, since the month is a …<\/p>\n

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