Microsoft KB Archive/105943

Month Glossary Has Scrambled or Garbage Characters

PSS ID Number: Q105943 Article last modified on 03-07-1997

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= SYMPTOM =

When you insert a month glossary entry into a Word document, you get unexpected “garbage” characters and a scrambled appearance.

= CAUSE =

The problem occurs under System 7.1 if the Date & Time Control Panel has the System’s short date set for the “Year/Day/Month” format.

= STATUS =

Microsoft has confirmed this is a problem with running Word versions 5.0 and 5.1 for the Macintosh under System 7.1. We will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

= WORKAROUND =

To use Word s month glossaries, set the short date to a different format using the following steps:


 * 1) From the Apple menu, choose Control Panels.
 * 2) Double-click the Date & Time control panel to open it. Click the Date Formats button.
 * 3) Choose an alternate custom date format from the Short Date menu. If you use Word 5.1, do not choose the “Year/Month/Day” format, because you may experience crashing problems under limited, specific circumstances with “Year/Month/Day” chosen.
 * 4) Choose OK.

For more information about problems with changing the short date in the Date & Time control panel, query on the following words in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

glossary and date and time

KBCategory: kbusage KBSubCategory: kbautotext Additional reference words: 5.00 5.10 junk incorrect not correct macword5 macword ====================================================================== ============================================================================= Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1997.