-----Original Message----- >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Richard Detwiler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <users@openoffice.org>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Sunday, October 22, 2006 4:37 AM >Subject: Re: [users] Inserting Dates in OpenOffice.org > > >> Brenda ML Brown, Legal Secretary/Assistant wrote: >>> When I put a date on a document, I go to Insert, Fields, Other, then I >>> chose DATE and then DATE (not date fixed) and then the format I want the >>> date to be and then Insert and close. >>> >>> My problem is that every time that document is opened, it adds an extra >>> comma between the day of the week and the month, for example: Friday, >>> October 13, 2006 will show up as Friday,,,October 13,2 006 if the >>> document has been opened three times since its original making. >>> How can I keep that from happening each time it opens. I only want it to >>> keep up with the current date... >>> >>> I tried this question in the forum, but have received no response. >>> >>> Brenda Brown >>> (570) 746-3480 >>> >>> >> Hi Brenda, >> >> What version and operating system are you on? I use Windows XP, with OOo >> 2.0.4. I tried what you said, inserting the field formatted like you had >> it, and I saved the document, closed it and reopened it several times, and >> no extra commas were inserted. I did this all in the span of around 5 >> minutes though, so if there is a time factor (like it only happens when >> the document is opened on the next day), I would have missed it. >> >> >From: "Brenda ML Brown, Legal Secretary/Assistant" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Oct 23, 2006 6:31 AM >To: Richard Detwiler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, users@openoffice.org >Subject: Re: [users] Inserting Dates in OpenOffice.org > >I have OpenOffice 2.0 No other numbers are with it. This is an office >setting, so I can't upgrade. > Ms. Brown:
Can you go to the Help -> About and let me know what the results are. If you could also press the Cntrl+S, Cntrl+D and then Cntrl+T keys and advise of the build number, I would appreciate this. James McKenzie --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
