Hi guys

  I've recently downloaded Openoffice version 4.1.4 and am having a funny 
little problem.

  I've searched thru the help fields and can't find anything there.

  I registered for your users forum but, try as I might, I couldn't even work 
our how to post a question.

  So I thought I'd try this.  As I said, I think (hope) my issue is a simple 
one.

  Until recently I've used an old version of Word on my Windows XP computer but 
that seems top have died, hence now using OpenOffice.

  Several times a year I have to put together a list with names and dates.  The 
dates are shown at the top of columns 
  and I have always just written them as, eg, Feb 5 for February 5 or, say, Sep 
19 for September 19. In context of what I'm doing I don't need 
  anything else. Just Feb 5, Sep 19 and so on.

  My problem is that when I write Feb 5 then tab to the next column, it changes 
to 01/02/05. Sep 6 changes to 01/09/06.

  Any ideas as to how I stop what I want changing to something I don't want?

  I'd appreciate anything you can offer.

  Regards
  Jeff Pohlmann
  NSW Australia 

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