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Each time I open a previously saved Word document the date and times in the
document up dates to the present date. How do I stop this.
document up dates to the present date. How do I stop this.
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Stefan Blom
Open the document and press Alt+F9 to display field codes. You'll find
that your date is in fact a DATE or TIME field, something like this:
{ DATE \@ "M/d/yy" }. Replace the DATE or TIME part with CREATEDATE,
and then press F9. Press Alt+F9 again to show the field result.
CREATEDATE, unlike DATE and TIME fields, will show the date the
document was created. As a next step, you can include the CREATEDATE
field in a template, which will give you the correct date for
documents based on that template. Alternatively, make sure to type in
the date as you create a document.
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Microsoft Word MVP
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that your date is in fact a DATE or TIME field, something like this:
{ DATE \@ "M/d/yy" }. Replace the DATE or TIME part with CREATEDATE,
and then press F9. Press Alt+F9 again to show the field result.
CREATEDATE, unlike DATE and TIME fields, will show the date the
document was created. As a next step, you can include the CREATEDATE
field in a template, which will give you the correct date for
documents based on that template. Alternatively, make sure to type in
the date as you create a document.
--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP
in message
news:[email protected]...
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macropod
Hi Robert,
Your description indicates your document has a DATE field in it. These are
designed to update automatically. You could lock it, via Ctrl-F11, but that
doesn't get you back to the original date.
Other possibilities are to use a CREATEDATE field or a PRINTDATE field
instead. The CREATEDATE field shows when the document was first created, or
last saved via Save-As, and the PRINTDATE field shows when the document was
last printed. You can change the date field to either of these by selecting
it, pressing Shift-F9 to expose the field code and changing 'DATE' to
'CREATEDATE' or 'PRINTDATE'.
There's another date field, 'SAVEDATE', which shows when a document was last
saved, but that probably won't help here (unless you want to temporarily
show when the document was last saved), as changing the existing field
changes the document and you can't save the change without the 'SAVEDATE'
updating ...
Cheers
Your description indicates your document has a DATE field in it. These are
designed to update automatically. You could lock it, via Ctrl-F11, but that
doesn't get you back to the original date.
Other possibilities are to use a CREATEDATE field or a PRINTDATE field
instead. The CREATEDATE field shows when the document was first created, or
last saved via Save-As, and the PRINTDATE field shows when the document was
last printed. You can change the date field to either of these by selecting
it, pressing Shift-F9 to expose the field code and changing 'DATE' to
'CREATEDATE' or 'PRINTDATE'.
There's another date field, 'SAVEDATE', which shows when a document was last
saved, but that probably won't help here (unless you want to temporarily
show when the document was last saved), as changing the existing field
changes the document and you can't save the change without the 'SAVEDATE'
updating ...
Cheers
C
Charles Kenyon
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.
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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
My criminal defense lawyer site: http://addbalance.com.
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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
My criminal defense lawyer site: http://addbalance.com.
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Thankyou "macropod" your answer was very helpful
Robert
Robert
macropod said:Hi Robert,
Your description indicates your document has a DATE field in it. These are
designed to update automatically. You could lock it, via Ctrl-F11, but that
doesn't get you back to the original date.
Other possibilities are to use a CREATEDATE field or a PRINTDATE field
instead. The CREATEDATE field shows when the document was first created, or
last saved via Save-As, and the PRINTDATE field shows when the document was
last printed. You can change the date field to either of these by selecting
it, pressing Shift-F9 to expose the field code and changing 'DATE' to
'CREATEDATE' or 'PRINTDATE'.
There's another date field, 'SAVEDATE', which shows when a document was last
saved, but that probably won't help here (unless you want to temporarily
show when the document was last saved), as changing the existing field
changes the document and you can't save the change without the 'SAVEDATE'
updating ...
Cheers
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macropod
[MVP - Microsoft Word]
Robert Diggs said:Each time I open a previously saved Word document the date and times in the
document up dates to the present date. How do I stop this.
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Guest
Thankyou Stefan your answer was very helpful
robert
robert
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Guest
Thankyou Charles your answer was very helpful
Robert
Robert
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Stefan Blom
Glad I could help.
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Charles Kenyon
You are welcome.
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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
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and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn
from my ignorance and your wisdom.
--
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
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