how do I check when a document was first entered (the date)

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I am trying to open documents created previously but when I do, the date on
them is todays date. I need to know when the documents were originally
entered.
 
The keyboard shortcut for Insert Date, and the icon on the header/footer
toolbar insert an automatically updating date field, {DATE}, so if either of
those were used in creating the doc, you get date changes.

To fix old docs, select the field, toggle field codes on the right-click
menu (or hit alt-F9), and change the DATE field to CREATEDATE.

For more information, see here:
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFldsFms/DateFields.htm

For the future, you could make the {CREATEDATE} field into an AutoText entry
and assign it a shortcut.
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/AutoText.htm
 
Before you open the document, hover your cursor over it and it should tell
you the date it was created. I hope this was helpful to you.
 
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