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Default How to preserve original document date in opening word file

Press Alt+F9 to display the field code. Edit DATE to CREATEDATE and press
Alt+F9 to toggle back and F9 to update.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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When I open a letter created using Word 2003 on an earlier date I would
like
the date displayed to be the original creation date and NOT today's date.
How
can I do this?