Hi Sue,

I don't have enough experience with VBA to work it out for myself - but
thanks for taking a look.

In my frustration I have discovered a more lateral solution to the problem.

If I press SHIFT+ENTER then the autocomplete is ignored and I can carry on
with the date as I have written it without breaking the work flow. This is a
useable solution.

Of course if anyone can come up with the macro fix or a registry hack I
would be grateful.

Thanks,

Nigel

"Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" wrote in message
...
You'd need to get a Word.Application object for the current message. There's
no such global setting. My blog post at
http://turtleflock-ol2007.spaces.liv...E3D8!579.entry
shows how to get a Word.Document object from a message. It would be just one
more step to get the Document.Application object from that Document. Whether
Herb's technique would work, though, is something you'll have to test to
find out.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Microsoft Outlook 2007 Programming:
Jumpstart for Power Users and Administrators
http://www.outlookcode.com/article.aspx?id=54


"Nigel Freeney" wrote in message
...
I don't like the way that when I type in a date like 25th July 2007 in Word
and Outlook 2007 it insists on offering me 2007-07-25 autocomplete if I
press the enter key. I usually create a juornal entry and then hit enter
to
move down to a new line so this is a right pain. Herb Tyson came up with
the following Macro for Word 2007 on his Word 2007 Bible Blog

*To simply turn it off*
Sub TurnOffAutoComplete()
Application.DisplayAutoCompleteTips = False
End Sub

*To toggle it on or off*
Sub TurnOffAutoComplete()
Application.DisplayAutoCompleteTips = Not
(Application.DisplayAutoCompleteTips)
End Sub

Unfortunately of course this doesn't work in Outlook
Run-time Error 438
because the object doesn't support this property or method

Can anyone fix this for Outlook or now of another way to sort this out?