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Old March 12th, 2009, 09:55 AM posted to microsoft.public.word.newusers
Doug Robbins - Word MVP on news.microsoft.com
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Default Insert date

In a macro, use

Format(Date, "ddd M/d/yy")

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"Steve" wrote in message
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"Doug Robbins - Word MVP on news.microsoft.com"
Do you really want Tues or Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun, which are
more
common abbreviations and for which you can use
{ Date \@ "ddd M/d/yy" }


Thanks Doug, that's the format I'm looking for. But I'm not sure how
to use this formula - in a macro?


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