Dates: Entry Errors

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You may encounter an error that states "The value you entered isn't appropriate for this field." This may occur when you try to enter a date into a date field if the date formatting isn't set up correctly in Windows.

The program expects dates to be entered in the format of MM/DD/YYYY or M/D/YYYY (month/day/year). But Microsoft Windows has a setting that can cause this to be changed so that even if you follow this format. To make sure you have your windows setting correct, follow this procedure...

1) Go to the Control Panel (Click on Start then Settings then Control Panel)

2) Click on Regional Settings then click on the Date tab

3) For the short date setting select M/d/yyyy then click on OK

Now the error message should go away when you enter a date into HomeSchool Easy Records. If it doesn't, try closing and restarting Windows.