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MS Office Forum / Word / Mailmerge and Fax / June 2004Header date format changes in Print Preview
Hi, I have the document createdate in the header, and need the format to be MM/DD/YY. Looks great when the document is opened, but Print Preview changes it to MM/DD/YY HH:MM:SS. How do I get my format to stick? > Hi, > I have the document createdate in the header, and need > the format to be MM/DD/YY. Looks great when the document > is opened, but Print Preview changes it to MM/DD/YY > HH:MM:SS. How do I get my format to stick? With the header open press ALT+F9 to display the field content. Change the switch to {CREATEDATE \@ "MM/DD/YY"} Press F9 to update and if necessary ALT+F9 to toggle the display back again. Close the header.  Signature<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>>< Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site www.mvps.org/word <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>>< Hi, Thanks, but I still have a problem. I made the change as you suggested, and it looked great in both normal and print preview. The problem is that when I save and close the document, then reopen it. It looks fine in normal view, but in print preview...doggone it...the HH:MM:SS come back. Chris >-----Original Message----- >> Hi, [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] >Press F9 to update and if necessary ALT+F9 to toggle the display back again. >Close the header. When you display the field codes in the re-opened document, what formatting switch do you see? SignaturePlease post any further questions or followup to the newsgroups for the benefit of others who may be interested. Unsolicited questions forwarded directly to me will only be answered on a paid consulting basis. Hope this helps Doug Robbins - Word MVP > Hi, > Thanks, but I still have a problem. [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > display back again. > >Close the header. Hi, Well, right now the field codes are: {CREATEDATE \@ "MM/DD/HH" \* MERGEFORMAT} I have also tried CHARFORMAT, as was suggested in this forum, and with neither MERGEFORMAT nor CHARFORMAT. I have run through a number of different date formats as well. This Word document is used in a larger Powerbuilder application, which feeds data into the bookmark fields. The customer wants to see the date that a particular document was created in the header, and CREATEDATE works well for this. The only problem is that, on a second viewing of the an existing document, the hours and minutes always appear in the date. Thanks for your time! Chris RR >-----Original Message----- >When you display the field codes in the re-opened document, what formatting [quoted text clipped - 28 lines] > >. {CREATEDATE \@ "MM/DD/HH" \* MERGEFORMAT} What's that all about? That will give you (at this moment) 06/08/14 What you should have is {CREATEDATE \@ "MM/DD/YY"} which will give you 06/08/04 Signature<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>>< Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site www.mvps.org/word <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>>< > Hi, > Well, right now the field codes are: [quoted text clipped - 64 lines] >> >> . My error, it is MM/DD/YY. >-----Original Message----- >{CREATEDATE \@ "MM/DD/HH" \* MERGEFORMAT} [quoted text clipped - 75 lines] > >. You don't need either the \* MERGEFORMAT or \* CHARFORMAT In the document that displays {CREATEDATE \@ "MM/DD/YY"} when you toggle off the display of field codes and update the field using F9, what is displayed. How PowerBuilder been in the act before this problem occurs. Seems to me that it's a bit incompatible with Word based on posts to these newsgroups. SignaturePlease post any further questions or followup to the newsgroups for the benefit of others who may be interested. Unsolicited questions forwarded directly to me will only be answered on a paid consulting basis. Hope this helps > My error, it is MM/DD/YY. > [quoted text clipped - 94 lines] > > > >. OK, I've tried it without either the MERGEFORMAT or the CHARFORMAT. The field is defined as: {CREATEDATE \@ "MM/DD/YY"} When I first view the form, the field displays as 06/09/04. In Print Preview, I see: Jun. 9, 04 2:13 PM I can toggle to the field view & it is still: {CREATEDATE \@ "MM/DD/YY"} but I can F9 toggle right back to: Jun 9, 04 2:13 PM So it's not using the field format at all. *SIGH* >-----Original Message----- >You don't need either the \* MERGEFORMAT or \* CHARFORMAT [quoted text clipped - 105 lines] > >. I don't know if it will make any difference, but the switch should be "MM/dd/yy" SignaturePlease post any further questions or followup to the newsgroups for the benefit of others who may be interested. Unsolicited questions forwarded directly to me will only be answered on a paid consulting basis. Hope this helps Doug Robbins - Word MVP > OK, I've tried it without either the MERGEFORMAT or the > CHARFORMAT. The field is defined as: [quoted text clipped - 138 lines] > > > >. Tried, that, thanks, but same results >-----Original Message----- >I don't know if it will make any difference, but the switch should be [quoted text clipped - 144 lines] > >. Hello, Again, I've found that, if I put the CREATEDATE in the body of the document, bookmark it, then refer to the bookmark in the header, then the proper formatting is retained. Both the date and the format are good, but... The problem is that I don't want to see that date in the body of the document. I have tried making the body field hidden text. This formatting is picked up in the header and then the date is hidden there as well. I've also tried making the body text white (OK, cheating here...) and setting the text in the header to black, but that doesn't work, either. Anyone have any more ideas? Chris >-----Original Message----- >Tried, that, thanks, but same results [quoted text clipped - 176 lines] >> >. Make the text in the body white (instead of hidden). In your ref field (or StyleRef field) use the \* CharFormat switch. SignatureCharles Kenyon Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. > Hello, Again, > [quoted text clipped - 205 lines] > >> > >. Any chance you have two fields, one in a frame or textbox overlapping the text field? Try Alt-F9 to view field codes. That will pick up fields not displayed with Shift-F9. I've been following this thread and what you are describing is truly bizarre. SignatureCharles Kenyon Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. > OK, I've tried it without either the MERGEFORMAT or the > CHARFORMAT. The field is defined as: [quoted text clipped - 138 lines] > > > >. |
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