I'm using v.27.0.0.782 on a Mac (Ventura 13.4.1). How do I change the order of month and day when inserting File Date in Text? In my most recent files, when I insert the date the day comes up first - day/month/year rather than month/day/year, which I've always used before. Doc.Options/Text/Date Format only lets you change whether it's all numbers or the month spelled out.
Interesting - mine defaults to month first:
Here is after changing the Mac OS date settings:
Mac OS Monterey
Finale 27.3
Could it be your user preferences for Location and Region? Check in your settings - if you have your short date set on your Mac to display the day first, Finale will use that for the short date (first option in list).
When I changed mine to day first in the system settings, the Finale options updated to reflect that change. I'm guessing your default short date is day/month/year. Once you are in the Language & Region settings tab, click on Advanced, then the Date tab - make your changes there.
Checking the Help files:
"Date Format. From this drop-down list, choose a short or long date form when Finale date-stamps its printouts. Finale is sensitive to the date, time, and decimal settings in the International portion of the Control Panel. You create such a date stamp using the Text Inserts in the Text Tool."
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