On Wed, 1 Jul 2009 18:10:01 -0700, tiasunday
wrote:
how do I retreive the original date of my document because it changes to the
current date once i open it? is the 'modified date that comes up once you
highlight the document the original date?? (I havent made any changes to my
document since i created it) please help and please keep it simple lol
The date is being displayed by a DATE field. Every time that field updates, it
shows today's date (or whatever the system clock is set to).
What you want instead is a CREATEDATE field, which always shows the date the
document was created.
To make the change, right-click the date and choose Toggle Field Codes. You'll
see something like
{ DATE \@ "M/d/yyyy" }
Put the cursor to the left of the word DATE and type in CREATE before it so it
looks like
{ CREATEDATE \@ "M/d/yyyy" }
Right-click again and choose Update Field.
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Regards,
Jay Freedman
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