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stuartp77 · Aug 23, 2007, 04:19 PM

I'm using MS Works 8.5. When I click on Format/Number/Date the exact format I want is not shown and the preview is often different from that. i.e. it shows as say 31/8/07 and I want 8/31/07 as I'm in Australia. How can I change it to what I want?

Help would be much appreciated.

Stuartp77

Mattlynn · Sep 22, 2007, 06:05 AM

Go to tools, options, and you will find a setting to change the language to Australian etc

ScottGem · Sep 22, 2007, 06:11 AM

This is changed in Regional Settings. You can select Date/Time from Control Panel or right click the time display in the tray area.

stuartp77 · Sep 22, 2007, 06:35 PM

Hi Scott,

Thanks for you reply, but I can't see how to alter the date in the Date/Time settings. There is no option to change the format there. What I want to do is change the default format in MS Works. The only option suitable for me which is shown is 9/23/2007. But being in Australia, I want it to show as 23/9/2007 or preferably 23/9/07. In the same column of dates, sometimes is shows as 23/9/2007, others show as 9/23/2007 or 9/23/07 and no amount of clicking on that default date changes it. So in the same column I have a range of date formats which I can't change. If I type the correct one over the wrong one it immediately returns to the MS default when I exit that cell.

If you have any ideas, I'd appreciate to hear from you.

Thanks,

Stuartp77

ScottGem · Sep 22, 2007, 07:28 PM

Did you try Regional Settings in Control Panel?

stuartp77 · Sep 22, 2007, 08:08 PM

I tried Regional and Language Options which is the only one I saw there with the word Regional.

ScottGem · Sep 23, 2007, 06:46 AM

Which version of Windows?

stuartp77 · Sep 23, 2007, 04:53 PM

I'm using XP Home. Thanks.

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ScottGem · Sep 23, 2007, 05:57 PM

That's the one, and it has a pull down to select the region