[libreoffice-users] Re: How do I set default date format in Writer?

Le 30/11/2013 07:03, fos a écrit :

Hi,

> How can I set the date format in Writer so that whenever I select
> INSERT->FIELDS->DATE it will insert a hard
> December 31, 1999 (for example) instead of the 12/31/99 which is totally
> inappropriate for correspondence.
> Having to re-specify INSERT->FIELDS->OTHER->DATE->DATE(fixed)->December 31,
> 1999 every time is just plain annoying.
> Even better would be to add a menu item of just INSERT->Datef that would do
> the job.

From what you have written, inserting a date with an expanded format is 
a repeated action, so you would be better suited to crafting a template 
including the fixed date field, formatted with the expanded format, and 
then saved. That way, you should only have to do it once for any given 
template.

Of course, the above doesn't answer the question as to how you could 
obtain a default insertion of the expanded date - from what I can see, 
this could only be possible via a macro that you would then have to 
associate with a custom entry in your Insert menu (or somewhere else in 
the menu structures via Tools > Customize). There seems to be no way to 
call that formatting function directly, although it must be in the 
underlying code somewhere. Perhaps the macro recorder would let you 
record the steps to reach the required formatting, which you could then 
save and execute after customising your menu structure ?

Alex



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