Form Field Formatting

Several days ago I created a form template with the date field formatted to
d/m/yyyy on the properties of the field. I'm using the enter key macro and
the spell check macro. When I opened the form to test, the date entered as
May 2, 2005 converted to 5/2/2005 when I exited the field. Today, when I
opened the form and typed the date in as June 2, 2005, it didn't convert when
I exited the field. When I clicked back into the field then clicked out
again, the formatting was applied.

I've checked settings, options, etc. and cannot resolve this issue. Any
ideas?

Thanks!

Do you have "Calculate on exit" enabled for the form field? Also note that
there may be a difference in behavior between clicking out and tabbing out.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"Leslie" wrote in message
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Several days ago I created a form template with the date field formatted
to
d/m/yyyy on the properties of the field. I'm using the enter key macro
and
the spell check macro. When I opened the form to test, the date entered
as
May 2, 2005 converted to 5/2/2005 when I exited the field. Today, when I
opened the form and typed the date in as June 2, 2005, it didn't convert
when
I exited the field. When I clicked back into the field then clicked out
again, the formatting was applied.

I've checked settings, options, etc. and cannot resolve this issue. Any
ideas?

Thanks!

Thanks - yes, I have the "Calculate on exit" enabled. It seems that when I
use the tab key, the formatting is applied. It isn't applied when using the
enter key to move to the next field (enter key macro). Is there any fix to
that in the enter key macro code?

Sorry it took so long to get back - many projects going on. Thanks for your
response.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Do you have "Calculate on exit" enabled for the form field? Also note that
there may be a difference in behavior between clicking out and tabbing out.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Leslie" wrote in message
...
Several days ago I created a form template with the date field formatted
to
d/m/yyyy on the properties of the field. I'm using the enter key macro
and
the spell check macro. When I opened the form to test, the date entered
as
May 2, 2005 converted to 5/2/2005 when I exited the field. Today, when I
opened the form and typed the date in as June 2, 2005, it didn't convert
when
I exited the field. When I clicked back into the field then clicked out
again, the formatting was applied.

I've checked settings, options, etc. and cannot resolve this issue. Any
ideas?

Thanks!

Since this gets into the realm of VBA, you might want to post this question
in one of the word.vba NGs.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Leslie" wrote in message
...
Thanks - yes, I have the "Calculate on exit" enabled. It seems that when
I
use the tab key, the formatting is applied. It isn't applied when using
the
enter key to move to the next field (enter key macro). Is there any fix
to
that in the enter key macro code?

Sorry it took so long to get back - many projects going on. Thanks for
your
response.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Do you have "Calculate on exit" enabled for the form field? Also note
that
there may be a difference in behavior between clicking out and tabbing
out.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Leslie" wrote in message
...
Several days ago I created a form template with the date field
formatted
to
d/m/yyyy on the properties of the field. I'm using the enter key
macro
and
the spell check macro. When I opened the form to test, the date
entered
as
May 2, 2005 converted to 5/2/2005 when I exited the field. Today,
when I
opened the form and typed the date in as June 2, 2005, it didn't
convert
when
I exited the field. When I clicked back into the field then clicked
out
again, the formatting was applied.

I've checked settings, options, etc. and cannot resolve this issue.
Any
ideas?

Thanks!