locking dates

[Guest]

How do I lock a date field in a Word document? Or preferably, is there any way possible on a template letter for the date not to update after saving and reopening another day?

 

[Jezebel]

Use {CreateDate} instead of {Date} in your fields.

How do I lock a date field in a Word document? Or preferably, is there

any way possible on a template letter for the date not to update after
saving and reopening another day?

 

[Jean-Guy Marcil]

Hi DA,

2 options real quick:
1) use a {CREATEDATE} field instead of a {DATE} field (Insert > Fields... >
Date & Time > CreateDate)
2) After inserting the regular date, select it and do SHIFT-CTRL-F9 to turn
the field into regular text.

There is a third option, but I can't remember right now... it's the end of
the day...
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Cheers!
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How do I lock a date field in a Word document? Or preferably, is there

any way possible on a template letter for the date not to update after
saving and reopening another day?

 

[macropod]

Hi DA,

Depending on what you're trying to achieve, you have four date options:
DATE - shows the current date. This is what you now have.
CREATEDATE - shows the date the document was created.
SAVEDATE - shows the date the document was last saved
PRINTDATE - shows the date the document was last printed

To change any of the fields displaying today's date instead of one of the
other options, select the 'problem' date and press Shift-F9. You'll see
something like:
{DATE} or {DATE \@ "dd-mm-yyyy"} etc
To get this to display the date you want, simply prefix DATE with CREATE,
SAVE or PRINT, then press F9.

Cheers
PS: It sounds like you probably want CREATEDATE, or PRINTDATE. If you use
SAVEDATE, the field will update when you close & save the document, which
you probably don't want.

How do I lock a date field in a Word document? Or preferably, is there

any way possible on a template letter for the date not to update after
saving and reopening another day?