Word documents and dates

[Guest]

When I open up a saved word document, for example a letter, the date is
automatically changed to the current day. Could someone please tell me how to
stop this irritating thing happening!

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Either just type the date or if you are going to use Insert...

MS Word | Insert | Date and Time | UNCheck: Update automatically

Update automatically
[[Inserts the date and time as a field, which means Word automatically
updates the date or time when you print the document.]]

First, do not use MS Word Help.

Second, do not type: date into MS Word Help.

Then do not look at: Insert the current date and time.

Make certain not to look at...
Select whether you want the date to automatically update or to remain as
originally inserted. Do one of the following:

a.. To maintain the original date and time as static text, clear the Update
automatically check box.

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[Rock]

When I open up a saved word document, for example a letter, the date is
automatically changed to the current day. Could someone please tell me how to
stop this irritating thing happening!

Next time you have an MS Word or other Office Product question post to
an Office newsgroup. Here is a list of all MS public newsgroups:

http://aumha.org/nntp.htm

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Didn't like my answer, huh?

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[Rock]

Didn't like my answer, huh?

Sorry Wes, I didn't mean to imply that. I was just trying to point him
to the right newsgroup the next time; your point about using the Help
function is well taken.

 

[Wesley Vogel]

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