You can have Word
automatically insert today's complete date by typing the first few characters of the date.
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In your document, type the first four characters of the current date.
For example, if your date is January 1, type
Janu for January. Word
displays the current month in a ScreenTip.
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Press
RETURN
to insert the month, and then type a space.
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Word
displays the current date in a ScreenTip — for example, January 1, 2011.
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Press
RETURN
to insert the date.
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To automatically insert today's complete date for a month whose name is less than six letters long, for example, May or June, type the entire month name followed by a space, and then press
RETURN.
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To automatically insert today's date in DD-MMMM-YYYY format, type the date, followed by the first four letters of the month. For example, if today's date is January 1, type
1 Janu for 1 January. Word
displays 1 January 2011 in a ScreenTip.
To view date formats that you can add automatically, on the Insert menu, click Date and Time. To have Word automatically update the date when you open or print the document, select the Update automatically check box.
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To insert the current time, on the Insert menu, click Date and Time, and then click the time in the format that you want. To have Word automatically update the time when you open or print the document, select the Update automatically check box.
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