WD: Creating Custom Date Formats with AutoText and/or Toolbar

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Creating a Custom Date Format in Word

1. On the Insert menu, click Field. Under Categories, click the Date and Time. Under Field Names, click Date, and then click Options.
2. Click the General Switches tab and under Date-Time, select a date format, click Add to Field, and then click OK twice.
   
   In the following example, the date field code

   DATE \@ "dd MMMM yyyy"

   returns:

   12 July 1997

   The "dd" switch returns "12," the "MMMM" switch returns the month July, and "yyyy" returns the year 1997.

Creating an AutoText Entry for a Custom Date Format

1. In your document, select the date field that you inserted using the steps in the previous section.
2. On the Insert menu, point to AutoText, and then click New.
3. Type a name for the AutoText Entry and then click OK.

Recording a Custom Date Macro to Insert the Date from a Toolbar Button

1. On the Tools menu, point to Macro, and then click Record New Macro.
2. Under Macro Name, type in a name for your macro and then click Toolbars.
3. Drag your macro to a toolbar and then click Close to close the Customize dialog box.
4. On the Insert menu, click Field. Under Categories, click Date And Time.
   Under Field Names, click Date, and then click Options.
5. Click the General Switches tab and under Date-Time, select a date format, click Add To Field, and then click OK twice.
6. Click Stop Recording on the macro toolbar.