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Re: a Date with Word 5

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From: John A Lambert
Date: Sun, 15 Nov 1992 22:51
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In article <14NOV199217305031@nssdca.gsfc.nasa.gov>, kayser@nssdca.gsfc.nasa.gov (Susan E. Kayser NSSDC/STX (301)513-1673) writes:
> When I choose Date from the Insert menu in Word 5.0a, I get only the year,
> i.e., "1992".  According to the command description of Date, in Commands..., I
> should be getting month, day, and year.  (The Glossary has lots of date
> formats; the one called Date there is indeed just the year; the other formats,
> such as Date Long, are not in the Command list.) 
> 
> Has anybody else found this?  Is there any way to actually get the month, day, 
> year format, as advertised?   (Mac IIci, System 7.0.1+TuneUp 1.1.1; also 
> running Int'l Rescue. Now that I think of it, I'll take it out next time I 
> restart, but I don't think that's the problem.)
> 
-- 
I'm using Word 5.0a, system 7.0, TuneUp 1.1.1, Int'l Rescue. After using Int'l
Rescue to set date formats (short date, etc.) -- no problems.

John A Lambert
Centre for Literary and Linguistic Computing
The University of Newcastle NSW 2308 Australia
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Subject: Re: a Date with Word 5
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