Template date keeps updating

[ll]

I have a letter template that I retrieve from my toolbar. The date of the
template is December 24, 2004. Every time I call up this template, the date
changes. It worked fine for years. I left the firm, and now I'm back and
the template date changes when opened. Everytime a letter is done and save,
when you open it, the date is now current not the date it was sent out.

I saw questions similar here but the answer I've seen is make sure you use
CreateDate. On my template where the date goes, it reads:

{CREATEDATE \@ "MMMM d, yyyy" \*MERGEFORMAT}

So I think it has to be something else. Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks, ll

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

The CREATEDATE field in the template itself will not change. The field in
documents based on the template will update to the date each document was
created and will not update thereafter. If you're seeing something
different, then there is something drastically wrong with the template or
the field.

 

[Beth Melton]

How are you "calling it up"? Are creating new documents based on the
template (File/New) or are you opening the template file (File/Open)?

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