How do I lock a date cell?

[Lizzie's Baba]

I am using a fax template. I want to save a fax that I am sending out today,
but when I open it, the date changes to the current date. How do I lock that
date cell so I can tell when my fax was originally sent?

 

[Jay Freedman]

I am using a fax template. I want to save a fax that I am sending out
today, but when I open it, the date changes to the current date. How
do I lock that date cell so I can tell when my fax was originally
sent?

Open the template itself (using the File > Open dialog). Right-click the
date and choose Toggle Field Codes. You'll see something like {DATE}, maybe
with some more stuff inside the braces. Click just before the D and make it
say CREATEDATE. Then press F9 and save/close the template.

Now when you create a fax document based on the template, the field will
always show the date you created that document (not the template) and it
won't change.

You can go into existing fax documents and do the same thing, and you'll see
the document's creation date.

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Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP
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