How do I turn off the automatic today's date feature in Word?

[Guest]

I'm using 2003. In Word, if I pull up a .doc, it automatically has today's
date on it -- I haven't inserted a date field so this is strictly automatic.
I haven't been able to find how to turn this off on the Auto- features.
Help!! I can't tell what the date was on the original document!

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

If it has today's date, then it does contain a DATE field. Press Alt+F9 to
display the field code and change DATE (or TIME) to CREATEDATE, then Alt+F9
to toggle back and F9 to update.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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[Guest]

Suzanne -- thanks; that makes sense and I'll try it. I've heard of your
company before, too; you're famous!!

Meredith

 

[Guest]

I just tried what you suggested and, yes, there's a field. How can I change
the options in Word (or can I) so that every document defaults to CREATEDATE?

Thanks,

Meredith

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Assuming you're basing the documents on a specific template, change the
field in the template.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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