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### Month

The editing sub-pane for the Month changes according to the Format being edited, but is otherwise straightforward. For Formats 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9 & 10 the following sub-pane will appear.
Its only feature needing explanation is the Use a month box option icon at the top.
This is provided because it is possible that some users may wish to use a pictorial representation containing the month name(s) i.e. using one of the three available picture areas for the months. In this case the month box can be suppressed altogether.
In Formats 7 & 10 the top of the sub-pane is replaced as below, because the 12 months are used in a single row or column - the labels change as necessary.
In both cases, there is a practical point to watch concerning the size of the month box(es). When using the full month text form check that your month box size is large enough to take the longest month e.g. “September” in English. (In Format 7 the only option may be to use the shortened month names because the width of the month boxes is set by the date area size. Similar, but less stringent, restrictions may apply for the single month column in Format 10.)
Further, if using Format 6 there will be frequent occasions when a week spans a change of month (and sometimes a year also). For these weeks only - whatever text form is chosen for the month normally - the month text will be changed to the ‘Shorter’ form with both months included e.g. “Aug/Sep”. The month box needs to be large enough to cope with this.
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