That's what I had to do. 1. Right-click "start", click "search", look in the C: drive for "normal.dot", note its path.
2. In Word, follow that path and open that file. 3. Change tab setting (Format - Tabs). 4. That worked. cm In a message dated Tue, 08 Oct 2002 07:48:28 +1000, Pat Naughtin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >Dear Carlton, > >You have to change the tab settings in the 'Normal' template � probably in a >folder called 'Templates'. > >I can't tell you what I think of the Microsoft company every time that I >reload MS Word and have to go step by step through putting my computer back >(as close as I can) to SI and ISO 8601. > >Cheers, > >Pat Naughtin CAMS >Geelong, Australia > >on 2002-10-07 20.24, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> In a message dated 2002-10-07 01:34:08 Eastern Daylight Time, >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >> >> >>> It is very difficult to get the headers of one's emails to give ISO 8601. >>> Outlook Express always seems to use MMM-DD-YY and am/pm, irrespective of >>> one's regional settings. This is the reason why John gets all these e-mails >>> with MM-DD-YYYY and am/pm formats from abroad. I have two PC's. One has >>> Windows 98, the new one that I use for the Internet has Windows XP. Both >>> were set to the Dutch language and metric, YYYY-MM-DD and 24 hour format in >>> the regional settings. Yet my e-mails produced American date and time; John >>> had informed of this. What did I do? Really weird. To start, I set my new >>> computer to USA English. Then I changed within that format all the relevant >>> settings: system of units, date, time, decimal marker and currency unit. >>> And >>> it worked! Outlook Express, always going to USA settings, accepted my >>> modified ones. Now my e-mail headers show the YYYY-MM-DD and 24 hour >>> settings at last. >>> >>> Han >> >> That's what I did with (full featured) Outlook at work, and it works >> perfectly. �Simply change USA-English to what it should be (on the computer >> and in real life!) and you get exactly what you need. >> >> I get cm on Word, but I still can't change the default tabs (for all >> documents) to be anything other than half an inch. �If anyone has ideas >> please send them along. >> >> Carleton >> > >
