Long term, the solution is to fix the problem as you create the document.
Use templates that contain CreateDate fields in the appropriate places.
Create AutoText entries that have a CreateDate field that you can insert
from the keyboard or add to your Insert menu.

Do not use the Insert Date command. See
http://addbalance.com/word/datefields1.htm for information on the different
kinds of datefields and how to format them.

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Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome!
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"K.Local773" wrote in message
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Do I have to do this for Every Document that is having the problem? Or
will
it "mass-fix" the problem?

"Bill Foley" wrote:

Sorry, I forgot to mention that you also will need to right-click and
select
"Update Field", or press F9 to get it to change back to the date you
want.

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"K.Local773" wrote in message
...
I recently switched from Word 2000 to Word 2003. I noticed that
documents
I
had originally saved (example: September 21, 2004 was date on letter)
are
showing up as today (example: December 16, 2004) even though I had
already
saved the letter, and just had to open it to re-print. I have already
cleared
the UPDATE AUTOMATICALLY box, however, some documents' date remains the
origination date, and some change to today's date. Any ideas?