[JT]

I know how to insert a date in the footer of a document, but wondering if
Word can automatically change the date of ONLY a page in a document that is
updated...not the entire document. Would be very helpful to know when
certain info is updated, but also to keep the last time other pages were
updated.

Thanks for any advice.

JT

[Jay Freedman]

On Sat, 24 Apr 2010 06:04:01 -0700, JT
wrote:

I know how to insert a date in the footer of a document, but wondering if
Word can automatically change the date of ONLY a page in a document that is
updated...not the entire document. Would be very helpful to know when
certain info is updated, but also to keep the last time other pages were
updated.

Thanks for any advice.

JT

Because a footer is a property of a section, not of any specific page,
the only way you'll be able to do this is if every page is a separate
section (that is, insert a section break to separate each page from
the one before and after it) and turn off the footer's Same As
Previous setting. Also, you won't be able to use a date field to mark
the changed pages; you'll have to type in the date (or insert and then
unlink a date field so it can never update again).

Frankly, this is so much trouble and so likely to lead to an unstable
or corrupt document that I'd strongly recommend against it. Instead,
keep a table at the beginning or end of the document that lists the
changed pages and the dates they were changed.

Finally, be aware that Word doesn't guarantee that page breaks will
always fall in the same place if a document is opened on different
computers or with different printers selected. See
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/TextReflow.htm for details.

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Regards,
Jay Freedman
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[Jay Freedman]

On Sat, 24 Apr 2010 06:04:01 -0700, JT
wrote:

I know how to insert a date in the footer of a document, but wondering if
Word can automatically change the date of ONLY a page in a document that is
updated...not the entire document. Would be very helpful to know when
certain info is updated, but also to keep the last time other pages were
updated.

Thanks for any advice.

JT

Because a footer is a property of a section, not of any specific page,
the only way you'll be able to do this is if every page is a separate
section (that is, insert a section break to separate each page from
the one before and after it) and turn off the footer's Same As
Previous setting. Also, you won't be able to use a date field to mark
the changed pages; you'll have to type in the date (or insert and then
unlink a date field so it can never update again).

Frankly, this is so much trouble and so likely to lead to an unstable
or corrupt document that I'd strongly recommend against it. Instead,
keep a table at the beginning or end of the document that lists the
changed pages and the dates they were changed.

Finally, be aware that Word doesn't guarantee that page breaks will
always fall in the same place if a document is opened on different
computers or with different printers selected. See
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/TextReflow.htm for details.

--
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.