Why can't I change the date format in my documents?
Good Morning. I submitted this question yesterday to the iMac forum but no one could help me. It should be a very simple thing to do but it escapes me.
Using 'Insert Date' brings up the long date format i.e. Tuesday April 16 2013. I prefer the short format 16.04.13.
I have tried to change this by going through the procedure System Preferences > Date Time. The default format in that window is the one I want but it does not appear in my Pages or Numbers documents. I then tried Systems Preferences > language and Text > Region > Customise I made sure I was in the correct region and selected the short date format. Still get the long format in the documents. I can edit this on the fly by right clicking the date but the next time I use 'insert date' it reverts to the long format. Now I'm the first to admit I am probably missing something really simple but could somebody plesae point out to me what it is 'cos it's driving me mad.
Wilf
iMac, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.3), iMac 11,1 Intel Core i5. 2.66GHz