U.M. (Windows)

Laying out and arranging information 3-63
1. In Layout mode, select a date field, and then choose Date from the
Format menu.
To format more than one date field at a time, Shift-click each field to
format, and then choose Date from the Format menu.
2. In the Date Format dialog box, select options, and then click OK.
Keep these points in mind:
1 Be sure to size the date field on the layout according to the length of
the date. For example, the date Wednesday, May 5, 1999 needs more
room than 5/5/99.
To display dates Do this
Exactly as typed or entered Click Leave data formatted as entered.
In a particular format Click Format as, and then choose a format. To change the
default separator between parts of numeric dates, for
Numeric separator, type another character.
In a custom format Click Custom, and then choose options and separator
characters for day of week, month, date of month, and
year.
With leading zeroes (as in
01/02/98) or leading spaces
in numeric parts of dates
Choose options for For day numbers, For month numbers,
or both.
With different text attributes Click Text Format, and then select options. (See “Formatting
text attributes in individual fields” on page 3-59.)
Choose options for day,
month, date, year, and
separator characters
Set font, style, size, color, line
spacing, and alignment