Use a createdate field in your template and create a new document based on
your template to do the actual merge. In the document in question, press
Alt-F9 to display field codes. Then change the field to a CREATEDATE field,
press F9 and then Alt-F9. See if that helps.

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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"cbeck29483" wrote in message
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I've created a letter mail merge template that I use often. I've inserted
the date so everytime I run the merge it will have the correct date. I
save
the completed merge but if I open the letter at a later time it still
inserts
the current date and time so I've lost the date the letter was originally
created. Is there a way I can turn off the automatic update after the
letter
is merge?