how do I take out a field code?

[Win]

Eg. I have a date field in my letter template. I make a copy of template, and
write a letter. I want the date to stay as today's, and would like to do it
without retyping the date. Could it be done?

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Do you want to lock the day's date or have it update? Your statement isn't
clear. See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFldsFms/DateFields.htm

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Words into Type
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[~DG]

Use the INFO field:

Insert
Field
INFO
CreateDate

This will insert the date the doc was created, according to the document
properties. There are others that may work better for you (ie: PrintDate,
SaveDate).

Good Luck

 

[~DG]

Hmm...just realized it puts in the time as well.

Copy this to where you want the date to be:

CREATEDATE \@ "MMMM dd, yyyy"

Highlight the whole thing, hit Ctl+F9 (turns it into a field).

Leave it as is, save your template and close. When you run it, it should
pull through okay.

 

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP on news.microsoft.com]

Use a CreateDate field.

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[Graham Mayor]

The reason is that you have inserted a date field which shows the system
date. What you need to do is change those date fields for createdate
fields - ALT+F9 change {DATE \@ "d MMM yyyy"}or {TIME \@ "d MMM yyyy"} to
{CREATEDATE \@ "d MMM yyyy"} then F9 and ALT+F9 - and change the date in
your letterhead template so that future letters based on it show the correct
dates. The switches \@ "d MMM yyyy" may be different at your location.

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