Word 2003 time stamp and printing

[Guest]

I have a user who puts in a time stamp (alt+shift+T) but then when he prints
the document later, it changed the time stamp to the time it prints rather
than the time when he entered the time stamp.

Any ideas?
thanks for any help.
Brett

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Alt+Shift+T inserts a TIME field, which updates automatically. If you want
to insert the time as text, use Insert | Date and Time, select the desired
format, and make sure the "Update automatically" box is not checked.

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[Herb Tyson [MVP]]

Also... if you select the time field and press Ctrl+F11, that will lock the
field and prevent updating, while still preserving it as a field.
Ctrl+Shift+F11 unlocks the field. Once a filed has been inserted.
(Ctrl+Shift+F9 converts a field into plain text, which accomplishes the same
effect as if you'd deselected "Update automatically" when the field was
first inserted... provided it hasn't been updated.)

 

[Graham Mayor]

I much prefer to use a macro for this - especially where there are going to
be several times in a document

Sub InsertTimeLowerCase()
With Selection
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseStart
.InsertAfter Format(Time(), "h:mm" & Chr(160) & "am/pm")
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseEnd
End With
End Sub

http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm
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[Guest]

Thank you all for the fast replies!!!
I appreciate it very much!\
Brett