Why does the date change to the current date each time I open a document? It
is frustrating and unhelpful, especially in copies of letters where the
original date is important.
This problem only started after I re-installed Windows and all the software.
I have Windows XP and Office 2000.
How do I stop this happening?
Thank you

The reason is that you have inserted a date field which shows the system
date. What you need to do is change those date fields for createdate
fields - ALT+F9 change {DATE \@ "d MMM yyyy"}or {TIME \@ "d MMM yyyy"} to
{CREATEDATE \@ "d MMM yyyy"} then F9 and ALT+F9 - and change the date in
your letterhead template so that future letters based on it show the correct
dates. The switches \@ "d MMM yyyy" may be different at your location.

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Mel wrote:
> Why does the date change to the current date each time I open a
> document? It is frustrating and unhelpful, especially in copies of
> letters where the original date is important.
> This problem only started after I re-installed Windows and all the
> software. I have Windows XP and Office 2000.
> How do I stop this happening?
> Thank you