Use current date in the default date form field option

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amcferron

I am creating a form and I would like the current date (the day the
user works on the form) to be the default, but I need the user to have
the option to type over that date if necessary.

I am sure this is a simple option, but I can't seem to find the right
way to insert the current date as the date field default option.

Please help!

Thanks
 
I am creating a form and I would like the current date (the day the
user works on the form) to be the default, but I need the user to have
the option to type over that date if necessary.

I am sure this is a simple option, but I can't seem to find the right
way to insert the current date as the date field default option.

Please help!

Thanks
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Place the following macro in the template for your form
(http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm) and change the form name
in quotes to the name of the actual field in your template.

Sub AutoNew()
ActiveDocument.FormFields("DateField").Result = CStr(Now)
End Sub

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Jay - Thanks so much!

I am afraid I am pretty new to Macros and I am getting Compile Error :
Syntax error.

I changed the field name ... any ideas on how I could have screwed up
something so simple?
 
Don't try to type the macro into the editor -- it's too easy to make a
mistake without knowing what you're doing. Just copy the three lines
from the post and paste it into the editor, and then change the field
name.

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Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP
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Change the field bookmarkname in the form to DateField rather than in the
macro - then it becomes even more difficult to screw it up :)

Note too that this macro goes in the form template and NOT in normal.dot.
Jay did say this in his original post, but it is worth emphasising.
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