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Mac Forum / Applications / Word / May 2008WRONG DATE IN WORD WHEN AUTO-COMPLETING
Version: 2008 Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) Processor: intel When I type a document that needs the date added, Word tries to plug in a date that's 3 days past. Why is this happening? How do I fix it? I looked in Word help, both in the program and also online, but didn't see anything. The date and time on the desktop are correct. Thanks > Version: 2008 > Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > Word help, both in the program and also online, but didn't see anything. The > date and time on the desktop are correct. By design, Word has always loaded the current date when it starts rather than accessing it in real time. You started Word 3 days ago. Quit and restart Word. >> Version: 2008 >> Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Quit and restart Word. Uhh ... That's rather dumb isn't it?? Should it take its cue's from the System Clock. Of Course on windows PC's that can cause problems as well. Because hardly anyone set the Date and time. and when The CMOS battery gives up the ghost they rarely replace it. ;-). I'm all time receiving email from PC folk That have dates set somewhere in 1999. Or they are send from 20 years in the future. The latest OSX versions have the smarts to pole the time server at start up and sets date and time if needed even if the PRAM battery is depleted.  Signature------------------------------------------------------------------------ Phillip M. Jones, CET |LIFE MEMBER: VPEA ETA-I, NESDA, ISCET, Sterling 616 Liberty Street |Who's Who. PHONE:276-632-5045, FAX:276-632-0868 Martinsville Va 24112 |pjones@kimbanet.com, ICQ11269732, AIM pjonescet ------------------------------------------------------------------------ If it's "fixed", don't "break it"! mailto:pjones@kimbanet.com <http://www.kimbanet.com/~pjones/default.htm> <http://www.kimbanet.com/~pjones/90th_Birthday/index.htm> <http://www.kimbanet.com/~pjones/Fulcher/default.html> <http://www.kimbanet.com/~pjones/Harris/default.htm> <http://www.kimbanet.com/~pjones/Jones/default.htm> <http://www.vpea.org> > Uhh ... That's rather dumb isn't it?? Should it take its cue's from the > System Clock. Back when Word was developed in 1983 the operating environment was rather different. I'd guess the behavior is now a feature. Who knows what mayhem would ensue if that were changed. I am going to agree with Phillip for the second time tonight :-) It's a dumb design. The only reason they got away with it up to now is that Word wouldn't RUN that long in the past :-) Phillip, you haven't used a Windows computer since 1999, so you wouldn't know that Windows now sets the real time clock from the Internet once a week if it can. What *I* blame PCs for is storing the time as a "local" time. Sensible computers set the system clock to GMT so you don't get weird conflicts when you step off a jet plane a few hours before you got on it. Cheers On 1/05/08 5:13 AM, in article eYja2pvqIHA.2188@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl, >>> Version: 2008 >>> Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > The latest OSX versions have the smarts to pole the time server at start > up and sets date and time if needed even if the PRAM battery is depleted. SignatureDon't wait for your answer, click here: http://www.word.mvps.org/ Please reply in the group. Please do NOT email me unless I ask you to. John McGhie, Microsoft MVP, Word and Word:Mac Sydney, Australia. mailto:john@mcghie.name |
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