How to change the date format in Microsoft Word 'track changes' balloons

Question

I'm using Microsoft Word for Mac, version 14.3.8.

I've got track changes enabled, and it's flagging my changes with little balloons on the right hand-side. All well and good so far.

Then it tells me that one of my changes was made on 2nd July 2014 - 2/7/14. Well that's in the future, and I definitely changed it today. Ah yes it's the pesky dd/mm/yy - used by only 2 countries in the world, but the default setting for most software.

How do I change the date format for these balloons? The language of the document is marked as UK english.

Answer 1

Well on Windows, that is set from the System's International settings not those of the document.

Can't say for sure on a Mac though I'm afraid.

Of course, it is entirely possible that the Office for Mac programmers are so US-centric that it wasn't tested with other date formats!

Personally, I prefer yyyy-mm-dd ISO format for short dates for the avoidance of doubt :)