Why can't I change the date format in my documents?

Good Morning. I submitted this question yesterday to the iMac forum but no one could help me. It should be a very simple thing to do but it escapes me.
Using 'Insert Date' brings up the long date format i.e. Tuesday April 16 2013. I prefer the short format 16.04.13.
I have tried to change this by going through the procedure System Preferences > Date Time. The default format in that window is the one I want but it does not appear in my Pages or Numbers documents. I then tried Systems Preferences > language and Text > Region > Customise I made sure I was in the correct region and selected the short date format. Still get the long format in the documents. I can edit this on the fly by right clicking the date but the next time I use 'insert date' it reverts to the long format. Now I'm the first to admit I am probably missing something really simple but could somebody plesae point out to me what it is 'cos it's driving me mad.
Wilf

Hi Wilfred,
Three issues here.
1. Setting the short and long dates in System Preferences. See fruhulda's answer: Copy and paste to shift the dates position. [Nice one, fruhulda!]
2. Locking those changes in (restart your computer). See Jerry's first answer.
3. However I do not get that window that you show where it saysset to today and gives you those options which you can tick. This has nothing to do with System Preferences. That window is what you get in Pages when you double-click or right-click or Control-click the date object to bring up the options. See Jerry's last answer.
If I could try everyones patience a bit further.
No worries mate.
Regards, Ian.

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