Hi Seattle:

I guess you're not feeling so well after SuperBowl, huh?

When you feel better, you need to replace the DATE field in all of those
documents with a CREATEDATE or PRINTDATE field.

There's no way you can prevent a DATE field updating to the current date on
document open.

But if you change the field to Create Date or Print Date, it will change
back to the correct date of those operations.

I would make an AutoText to replace the Date Field with a CreateDate field
(which will give the date the document was created).

Cheers


On 4/2/06 2:03 AM, in article
, "Seattle777"
wrote:

When I follow these instructions, it does correct the problem for the
document I have already opened. How can I set it so it does not
automatically update the date on every other document that I open up later,
without having to go through this process on each document?

"Charles Kenyon" wrote:

AutoUpdate only changes a field as you insert it. Once it is inserted it is
what it is unless _you_ change it.

You are using a DATE or TIME field rather than a CREATEDATE field. This
field should be put in the original template if possible (instead of
inserting using the keyboard shortcut or header/footer toolbar button).

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 http://addbalance.com/word/datefields1.htm for information on the
different kinds of datefields and how to format them.

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When I open saved word documents, such as letters or faxes, they open with
the current date. Auto update is off in date & time format. HELP! How
can
I keep the date the document was written as the date on the document.




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