date/time automatic update is off but date still updates.

[Guest]

I want to be able to open letters with the date of original composition but
they open with the current date although the automatic update is off.

 

[Charles Kenyon]

Automatic update switch only works for the date you are then inserting. 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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[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

The letters contain a DATE or TIME field. Press Alt+F9 to display the field
code, change DATE or TIME to CreateDate, Alt+F9 to toggle back, and F9 to
update. If you are using a letter template (as you should), I suggest
inserting a CREATEDATE field in the template.

Note that the "Update automatically" check box in the Insert | Date and Time
dialog affects only the dates you insert from that dialog. It has no bearing
on dates that have already been inserted. When you use Alt+Shift+D or the
Insert Date button on the Header and Footer toolbar to insert a date, it is
always inserted as a DATE field, using the format you have selected as the
default in the Date and Time dialog.

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

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