Date Field

[Guest]

Good afternoon all.

I have set up a field in Word that displays today's date. I use the template
to create a document and then save it. However, if I recall that document to
view it in the future the date shows as the date it is viewed. I want it to
remain static once the document is saved. Is there a way to do this other
than just typing in the date?

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Insert a CREATEDATE field instead of a DATE field. See
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFldsFms/DateFields.htm.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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[Guest]

Suzanne,

This does not seem to help. What I have is a template created back in 2006.
I just recenlty added the Date field so that when the template is used the
user does not have to enter the date. However, when they save their document
I want that date to become fixed and no longer update with the date whenever
the document is opened for viewing in the future. For example, I type a doc
and save it today and the date will show Oct 22, 2007. One week from now I
need to view that letter so I open it. The date should show Oct 22, 2007 but,
instead is showing Oct 29, 2007. I do not want this to occur.

Am I offbase here?

 

[Guest]

Sorry, I neglected to mention when I add the CREATEDATE field the date I get
is from 2006 when the template was originally created.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

The CreateDate field will not change for the template, but it will be
correct for any new document based on the template, though you may have to
update it manually (with F9) or by printing.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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