"Automatically update" is relevant only if it is checked when you insert a
date from that dialog. It has no effect on already existing date fields
(much less date text). A DATE field inserted via Alt+Shift+D or the Insert
Date button on the Header and Footer toolbar will update. A CREATEDATE field
will not update (and is usually preferable in a template).

Also, some fields have to be updated manually (F9); they don't all update
automatically.

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"AFNYTS" wrote in message
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The Day/Date field won't update in a Word Doc from day to day even though
Automatically update is checked.