If you use the Insert > Date/Time dialog and you leave the "Automatically
update" box checked there, you'll get a DATE field. Similarly, if you use
the Alt+Shift+D shortcut, you'll get a field.
To insert as a plain text, uncheck the "Automatically update" box in the
dialog. Or, after inserting a field, click the date and press Ctrl+Shift+F9
to "unlink" it and turn it into plain text of today's date.
To insert a CREATEDATE field that will always show the document's creation
date, use the Insert > Field dialog.
Journey51 wrote:
> I never put the Month/Year in as a field in the first place (at least
> not intentionally). How do you keep it as plain text?
>
> I appreciate your help--thanks!!
>
> "Jay Freedman" wrote:
>
>> Journey51 wrote:
>>> In December, when I opened a document created in November 2007 that
>>> had November in the footer, it automatically updated to December. I
>>> don't want that! Agr-r-r! How do I cut that feature off!
>>>
>>> Thank you!
>>
>> Either replace the DATE field you now have with a CREATEDATE field,
>> or replace the field with plain text.
>>
>> See http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFl...DateFields.htm for
>> more.
>>
>> --
>> Regards,
>> Jay Freedman
>> Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
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