How do I keep orignal date of document when opening document?

[ms]

Whenever I open a word document the date changes to the present date; I don't
want the date to change, I want the original date to stay in the document.

 

[JoAnn Paules]

Manually enter the date instead of the field code.

 

[Cheryl Flanders]

The CREATEDATE field inserts the date the document was created and
does not change when documents are reopened.

Cheryl

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Press Alt+F9 to display the DATE field. Edit it to say CREATEDATE, then
Alt+F9 to toggle back to the field result and F9 to update the field. If you
use a CREATEDATE field in the template used to create these documents, this
will be automatic.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org