Microsoft KB Archive/28716

Works: Full Name of Month Is Abbreviated

PSS ID Number: Q28716 Article last modified on 06-12-1996

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MS-DOS

= SYMPTOMS =

In the Works Spreadsheet or Database, you cannot type in the full name of a month (for example, January) without Works displaying the name in its abbreviated form (for example, Jan).

If the name of the month must appear in its entirety, you must enter it as text by preceding it with a quotation mark (for example, &quot;January).

Note that if this method is used, Works only recognizes the cell as containing text. Therefore, it cannot be formatted using the Format Time Date command or used as a value in a formula.

= STATUS =

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Works for MS-DOS, versions 1.x and 2.0. This problem was corrected in Microsoft Works for MS-DOS, version 3.0.

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