date of letter

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Guest

Eacvh time I open a letter document, the date of my letter changes to the
current date. How do I stop this automatic function?
 
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Jay Freedman

Eacvh time I open a letter document, the date of my letter changes to the
current date. How do I stop this automatic function?
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Right-click the date (which is a field) and choose Toggle Field Codes.
Change the word DATE to CREATEDATE. Right-click again and choose
Update Field.

See http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFldsFms/DateFields.htm for more
help.

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Jay Freedman
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