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Getting Excel on new computer to show dates like on old
I recently bought new computer. Had a load of excel files which I transferred
over. The only problem now is where before the dates showed in the format "dd/mm/yy" they now show up as "dd/mm/yyyy" even though it's the same file. This is a major problem as the new date doesn;t fit and gets displayed as "######" since the date colum needs to be short to fit all data on the printed page. I thought that things like this get saved in the file. Does anyone know of a way to get dates to display dd/mm/yy without having to change all the dates in each individual file separately? Many thanks in advance, Michael |
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go to control panel,,,,regional language options,,,,customize,,,,,date.
hope that helps -- Greetings from New Zealand Bill K "MichaelC" wrote in message ... I recently bought new computer. Had a load of excel files which I transferred over. The only problem now is where before the dates showed in the format "dd/mm/yy" they now show up as "dd/mm/yyyy" even though it's the same file. This is a major problem as the new date doesn;t fit and gets displayed as "######" since the date colum needs to be short to fit all data on the printed page. I thought that things like this get saved in the file. Does anyone know of a way to get dates to display dd/mm/yy without having to change all the dates in each individual file separately? Many thanks in advance, Michael |
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This is a setting under Start--Settings--Control Panel, Date tab. It's the
"short date". ************ Anne Troy www.OfficeArticles.com "MichaelC" wrote in message ... I recently bought new computer. Had a load of excel files which I transferred over. The only problem now is where before the dates showed in the format "dd/mm/yy" they now show up as "dd/mm/yyyy" even though it's the same file. This is a major problem as the new date doesn;t fit and gets displayed as "######" since the date colum needs to be short to fit all data on the printed page. I thought that things like this get saved in the file. Does anyone know of a way to get dates to display dd/mm/yy without having to change all the dates in each individual file separately? Many thanks in advance, Michael |
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