Interesting. I would have thought that the default format of any kind of
date field, absent switches, would be whatever format you've selected as the
default in the Date and Time dialog.
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"Graham Mayor" wrote in message
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True, but if it doesn't have a switch, changing the field type will affect
the display. Createdate without a switch will include the time.
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"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
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If the original DATE field contains a formatting switch, then changing
DATE to CREATEDATE will not alter that switch; the format should stay the
same.
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"Graham Mayor" wrote in message
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You may also need to add a formatting switch to retain the same format -
Press ALT+F9 change { DATE } or { TIME \@ "d MMM yyyy" } to { CREATEDATE
\@ "d MMM yyyy" } then F9 and ALT+F9 - and change the date in your
letterhead template so that future letters based on it show the correct
dates. The switch \@ "d MMM yyyy" may be different at your location.
See http://www.gmayor.com/stop_automatic_date_update.htm
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"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
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Press Alt+F9 to toggle the field code display and edit the DATE field
code to read CREATEDATE. Then Alt+F9 to toggle back and F9 to update.
The date displayed will be the date the document was created, and it
will not change.
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Words into Type
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"AMYJO" wrote in message
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When I open old Word documents, the date gets automatically changed to
the
current date and I can't view the date that the document actually had.
I am
using MS Office 2007, but the old document was created in Word 2003. I
can
see the date that the file was last modified in the details of the
file, but
I cant guarantee that the date of the document is the same as the date
last
modified for the file.