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Default Date Automatically Updating

If the date on old documents is updating to the current date, I assure you
it is a field. Alt+F9 will tell the tale, though.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
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"Denise" wrote in message
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I am not using a date field at all. I am typing in the date.
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Thanks, Denise


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

You are inserting the date as a DATE field, which is the result of using

the
Insert | Date and Time dialog with the "Update automatically" box

checked
(its current setting is irrelevant; the setting when you inserted the

date
is important) or with the Insert Date button on the Header and Footer
toolbar or with the Alt+Shift+D shortcut. What you want instead is a
CREATEDATE field.

For existing documents, press Alt+F9 to display the field code and

change
DATE to CREATEDATE. Alt+F9 to toggle back and F9 to update. For new
documents, either type the date as text or insert a CREATEDATE field in

the
template.

For more on date fields, see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFldsFms/DateFields.htm

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"Denise" wrote in message
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How do I turn this feature off? I have documents that are changed

frequently
but don't need the date changed. I can't remember where this is to

turn it
off.
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Thanks, Denise