Current Date Option for Text Form Fields

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I have a form which get used daily, and it already was set up as a form by another employee which works fine except for one field. The current date has to be on the form, orginally the user would just type the date and it would put it in the correct format, but I wanted the current date to automatically appear whenever I open the document. I thought that this was fixed when I changed the field to have the current date from the field dialog box. I thought that this would resolve the problem but it doesnt, the same day shows every time I open the document the day that I changed it. It seems that the only way to make it current is to un-protect the form, select the text, select the dialog box, then prees OK , then the date changes. I also tried the insert date and time with the automatic update but then it changes the date to always be the current date, this makes the form completly usless, since the date is one of the most important things (these are records). So...(sorry about the length) is there anyway to get the current date on the document when u open it, then have that date not change after that
Thanks for reading this lengthy messag
Samantha
 
First, save your form as a template and use it by picking File => New from
the menus.

In the template, change the date field from a DATE or TIME field to a
CREATEDATE field. To see and edit the field, put your cursor in the date and
press Shift-F9. After you've changed it to a CREATEDATE field, press F9 to
update it and clear the display of the field code. Save your template.

When you use the template to create a new document, the date will
automatically be the date on which you create the new document.

If I am mistaken and you are actually using a "text form field" inserted
using the Forms toolbar, then I believe you'll need a macro. For more about
these "online forms," follow the links at <URL:
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/FillinTheBlanks.htm> especially Dian
Chapman's series of articles.

Hope this helps,
--

Charles Kenyon

See the MVP FAQ: <URL: http://www.mvps.org/word/> which is awesome!
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Samm g said:
Hello,
I have a form which get used daily, and it already was set up as a form by
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another employee which works fine except for one field. The current date
has to be on the form, orginally the user would just type the date and it
would put it in the correct format, but I wanted the current date to
automatically appear whenever I open the document. I thought that this was
fixed when I changed the field to have the current date from the field
dialog box. I thought that this would resolve the problem but it doesnt, the
same day shows every time I open the document the day that I changed it. It
seems that the only way to make it current is to un-protect the form, select
the text, select the dialog box, then prees OK , then the date changes. I
also tried the insert date and time with the automatic update but then it
changes the date to always be the current date, this makes the form
completly usless, since the date is one of the most important things (these
are records). So...(sorry about the length) is there anyway to get the
current date on the document when u open it, then have that date not change
after that?
 
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