Date

[Guest]

When I open a document that was previously saved, WORD opens it with today's
date instead of the date it was saved. The "update automatically" under "Date
and Time" is NOT toggled. I need these documents to open with the original
date, not with the current date. When I put the mouse over the document
before opening it, it shows the original date - it says "last modified" - but
when I open the files they update with today's date. I might add that out of
all of my saved documents, I have two that open with the origninal date while
all the others open with the current date. I tried comparing the settings on
these two that are opening correctly with all the others and can't seem to
find any differeneces with the settings.

 

[Guest]

Could be that the date field code, when it was inserted, was set to update
automatically. I would suggest replacing the the date field code with a text
as you open the older documents.

 

[Charles Kenyon]

The option for updating only applies to a field being added after it is
changed. It doesn't change fields already in documents or templates!

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


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[Guest]

Thank you so much for your help - it worked!

The option for updating only applies to a field being added after it is
changed. It doesn't change fields already in documents or templates!

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.

--

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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[Guest]

Thank you.

Could be that the date field code, when it was inserted, was set to update
automatically. I would suggest replacing the the date field code with a text
as you open the older documents.