how do i keep the original date on my document

[tiasunday]

how do I retreive the original date of my document because it changes to the
current date once i open it? is the 'modified date that comes up once you
highlight the document the original date?? (I havent made any changes to my
document since i created it) please help and please keep it simple lol

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Press Alt+F9 to display the DATE field code and change it to CREATEDATE.
Then Alt+F9 to toggle back and F9 to update the field.

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

 

[Jay Freedman]

how do I retreive the original date of my document because it changes to the
current date once i open it? is the 'modified date that comes up once you
highlight the document the original date?? (I havent made any changes to my
document since i created it) please help and please keep it simple lol

The date is being displayed by a DATE field. Every time that field updates, it
shows today's date (or whatever the system clock is set to).

What you want instead is a CREATEDATE field, which always shows the date the
document was created.

To make the change, right-click the date and choose Toggle Field Codes. You'll
see something like

{ DATE \@ "M/d/yyyy" }

Put the cursor to the left of the word DATE and type in CREATE before it so it
looks like

{ CREATEDATE \@ "M/d/yyyy" }

Right-click again and choose Update Field.

 

[tiasunday]

Hi there super helpful reply from a non techi person... no more pulling hair
out lol!!

 

[tiasunday]

thanks!

Press Alt+F9 to display the DATE field code and change it to CREATEDATE.
Then Alt+F9 to toggle back and F9 to update the field.

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