SaveDate is probably the one you want. See
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFldsFms/DateFields.htm

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"Jackie D" wrote in message
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Thanks Greg. I didn't realise there were other types of fields.

"Greg" wrote:

Jackie,

The Date field is going to give you the system date. There are other
fields that you could use.

CreateDate SaveDate PrintDate

See Word's Help for examples of the various fields.