On Monday, October 23, 2006 6:10 PM [GMT+1=CET], James Mckenzie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> -----Original Message----- >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Richard Detwiler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: <[email protected]>; <[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]>, [email protected] >> 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 On the Help>About page the headline says "2.0". Look *below* the headline. That's the number we want. It'll be 2.0.3 or 2.0.4 or something with *2* dots or more in it. Press the keys James mentions *while* the Help>About page is open. Harold Fuchs London, England --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
