We have documents created from templates with a date/time field that is set
to autoupdate when you open the template. Once the document is created from
the template, we want it to NOT automatically update the date when we open
the saved documents. How do you get it to do that?

In the created document, select the date field and press
Ctrl+Shift+F9 to convert the field to text.

Brurobiney wrote:

> We have documents created from templates with a date/time field that is set
> to autoupdate when you open the template. Once the document is created from
> the template, we want it to NOT automatically update the date when we open
> the saved documents. How do you get it to do that?

You want a Create Date field in your template. Then after you save a
document and reopen it days or weeks later, the date will not update.
--
Carol A. Bratt, MCP



"Brurobiney" wrote:

>
> We have documents created from templates with a date/time field that is set
> to autoupdate when you open the template. Once the document is created from
> the template, we want it to NOT automatically update the date when we open
> the saved documents. How do you get it to do that?

That won't help unless it's done when the document is created. Using a
CreateDate field in the template would be preferable; see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFldsFms/DateFields.htm

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
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"garfield-n-odie [MVP]" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
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> In the created document, select the date field and press
> Ctrl+Shift+F9 to convert the field to text.
>
> Brurobiney wrote:
>
> > We have documents created from templates with a date/time field that is
set
> > to autoupdate when you open the template. Once the document is created
from
> > the template, we want it to NOT automatically update the date when we
open
> > the saved documents. How do you get it to do that?
>

You guys rock! Thank you very much.

"Brurobiney" wrote:

>
> We have documents created from templates with a date/time field that is set
> to autoupdate when you open the template. Once the document is created from
> the template, we want it to NOT automatically update the date when we open
> the saved documents. How do you get it to do that?

You are using a DATE or TIME field rather than a CREATEDATE field. This
field should be put in the original template if possible (instead of
inserting using the keyboard shortcut or header/footer toolbar button).

In the document in question, press Alt-F9 to display field codes. Then
change the field to a CREATEDATE field, press F9 and then Alt-F9.

See http://addbalance.com/word/datefields1.htm for information on the
different kinds of datefields and how to format them.

--

Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome!
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> We have documents created from templates with a date/time field that is
> set
> to autoupdate when you open the template. Once the document is created
> from
> the template, we want it to NOT automatically update the date when we open
> the saved documents. How do you get it to do that?