Document Creation Date

[Bob Bossi]

I received a MS Word 2003 document as an attachment to an e-mail. When I
saved it it showed the"date created" as the date I saved it. Is there any
way that I can determine the date and time the document was actually created
by the author? Thanks

 

[Jay Freedman]

Insert a CreateDate field with the appropriate date/time formatting.

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[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

That may still show the date the attachment was saved on your computer,
though.

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[Jay Freedman]

I think that depends on how it was saved. Word's internal "creation
date" won't be reset if the attachment was simply saved from the email
to a file. If the attachment was opened in Word and saved by Word to a
file, then it would show that date. (Another good reason not to open
attachments directly.)

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Good point.

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Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
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[Bob Bossi]

That is exactly the solution. If I open the attachment with Word, I can
find the actual create date. If I save the attachment then the create date
changes to the date/time that I saved it. Thanks for the help.