How do I prevent the date from updating on an older document?

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SMC said:
When I open an older document, the date automatically updates. Not
good!
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Right-click the date and choose Toggle Field Codes. Inside the field code,
change the word DATE to CREATEDATE. Right-click again and choose Update
Field. This will show the date on which the document was created by File >
New or File > Save As.
 
You are using a DATE or TIME field rather than a CREATEDATE field. This
field should be put in the original template if possible (instead of
inserting using the keyboard shortcut or header/footer toolbar button).

In the document in question, press Alt-F9 to display field codes. Then
change the field to a CREATEDATE field, press F9 and then Alt-F9.

See http://addbalance.com/word/datefields1.htm for information on the
different kinds of datefields and how to format them.

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Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome!
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