I need help with Word in a Mac

[victoriafarina]

Hello!

I have Word 365 in a MacAir and I'm having problems at activating the tab "options" within the Developers tab. In my work I need to update the dates in variable fields and I used to do this in Microsoft, but now that I have Mac, I can't do it because the options are in gray. I need to change the variable field date format from English into Spanish.

Could you please help me with this?

Thank you so much!

[#2]

@victoriafarina 

Could you post a screen shot of these settings that you can't modify?

[#3]

@Stefan_Blom thank you for your comment!

Here's a screenshot. This is the type of variable field I need to change into Spanish and I don't know how to do it.

Thank you so much for your time.

[#4]

@victoriafarina 

Your screen shot shows content controls. These may not be fully editable in Word for Mac, unfortunately.

Is the document protected in some (other) way? 

[#5]

Ohh no 😞 no, the document is not protected at all. So is there anything I could do to change that variable field? Or use some other program similar to Word in which I can change it?

Thank you so much for your answer, Stefan!

[#6]

@victoriafarina 

If you have access to a PC, you could test if the controls become editable after you open the document on the PC. 

Or you could share the document (or a representative shortened sample version) with the forum, if you want to. 

[#7]

@Stefan_Blom 

Thank you, Stefan. I don't have a PC unfortunately. I only have the Mac.

This is a sample version.

Thank you so mucho for your help!

[#8]

@victoriafarina 

Your sample document contains a Date Picker control. If I open the document on my PC, and click inside the control, I can see its properties after having clicked the Properties button on the Developer tab. See the screen shot below.

I don't know if this helps at all with your corresponding settings in Word for Mac.

[#9]

Hi, Stefan.

Yes, that's exactly what I need. I used to do it when I had a Windows laptop, but now in the Mac that option is unabled, it appears in gray and I don't know how to activate it. That was my initial question. So I guess it's the Mac and as you said before, it does not work 😞