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Supressing automatic updating of date in Footer
I'm making grammatical and cosmetic fixes to a Word 2007 doc created by an
engineer. He inserted a date field in the Footer, and for the life of me, I can't get the *&%$#$#@%$ thing to stop updating. I've tried editing the date field, using one of the "Available Formats" offered by the "Date & Time" button on the Design Ribbon. Every time I close and save the document, or heaven forbid, try to save it as a PDF, it cheerfully, helpfully updates to the full date ("June 10, 2009"). I just want it to say "June 2009". -- Lew Yedwab Technical Writer Chyron Corporation 5 Hub Drive Melville, NY 11747 |
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Supressing automatic updating of date in Footer
Open the footer pane, right-click the date, and choose Toggle Field Code.
Edit the code to say { DATE \@ "MMMM yyyy" } and press F9. If you reopen the document in a different month or year, this will update to show that current month and year. If you want it always to show the month and year the document was created, change the code further to { CREATEDATE \@ "MMMM yyyy" } See http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/DateFields.htm for more info. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. Lew Yedwab wrote: I'm making grammatical and cosmetic fixes to a Word 2007 doc created by an engineer. He inserted a date field in the Footer, and for the life of me, I can't get the *&%$#$#@%$ thing to stop updating. I've tried editing the date field, using one of the "Available Formats" offered by the "Date & Time" button on the Design Ribbon. Every time I close and save the document, or heaven forbid, try to save it as a PDF, it cheerfully, helpfully updates to the full date ("June 10, 2009"). I just want it to say "June 2009". |
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Supressing automatic updating of date in Footer
Does the date field show \@ "MMMM yyyy"?
-- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "Lew Yedwab" wrote in message ... I'm making grammatical and cosmetic fixes to a Word 2007 doc created by an engineer. He inserted a date field in the Footer, and for the life of me, I can't get the *&%$#$#@%$ thing to stop updating. I've tried editing the date field, using one of the "Available Formats" offered by the "Date & Time" button on the Design Ribbon. Every time I close and save the document, or heaven forbid, try to save it as a PDF, it cheerfully, helpfully updates to the full date ("June 10, 2009"). I just want it to say "June 2009". -- Lew Yedwab Technical Writer Chyron Corporation 5 Hub Drive Melville, NY 11747 |
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