When I open a document that was previously saved, WORD opens it with today's
date instead of the date it was saved. The "update automatically" under "Date
and Time" is NOT toggled. I need these documents to open with the original
date, not with the current date. When I put the mouse over the document
before opening it, it shows the original date - it says "last modified" - but
when I open the files they update with today's date. I might add that out of
all of my saved documents, I have two that open with the origninal date while
all the others open with the current date. I tried comparing the settings on
these two that are opening correctly with all the others and can't seem to
find any differeneces with the settings.

Could be that the date field code, when it was inserted, was set to update
automatically. I would suggest replacing the the date field code with a text
as you open the older documents.
--
Kevin Backmann


"PatM" wrote:

When I open a document that was previously saved, WORD opens it with today's
date instead of the date it was saved. The "update automatically" under "Date
and Time" is NOT toggled. I need these documents to open with the original
date, not with the current date. When I put the mouse over the document
before opening it, it shows the original date - it says "last modified" - but
when I open the files they update with today's date. I might add that out of
all of my saved documents, I have two that open with the origninal date while
all the others open with the current date. I tried comparing the settings on
these two that are opening correctly with all the others and can't seem to
find any differeneces with the settings.

The option for updating only applies to a field being added after it is
changed. It doesn't change fields already in documents or templates!

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.

--

Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome!
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"PatM" wrote in message
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When I open a document that was previously saved, WORD opens it with
today's
date instead of the date it was saved. The "update automatically" under
"Date
and Time" is NOT toggled. I need these documents to open with the original
date, not with the current date. When I put the mouse over the document
before opening it, it shows the original date - it says "last modified" -
but
when I open the files they update with today's date. I might add that out
of
all of my saved documents, I have two that open with the origninal date
while
all the others open with the current date. I tried comparing the settings
on
these two that are opening correctly with all the others and can't seem to
find any differeneces with the settings.

Thank you so much for your help - it worked!

"Charles Kenyon" wrote:

The option for updating only applies to a field being added after it is
changed. It doesn't change fields already in documents or templates!

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.

--

Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome!
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This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies
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"PatM" wrote in message
...
When I open a document that was previously saved, WORD opens it with
today's
date instead of the date it was saved. The "update automatically" under
"Date
and Time" is NOT toggled. I need these documents to open with the original
date, not with the current date. When I put the mouse over the document
before opening it, it shows the original date - it says "last modified" -
but
when I open the files they update with today's date. I might add that out
of
all of my saved documents, I have two that open with the origninal date
while
all the others open with the current date. I tried comparing the settings
on
these two that are opening correctly with all the others and can't seem to
find any differeneces with the settings.

Thank you.

"Kevin B" wrote:

Could be that the date field code, when it was inserted, was set to update
automatically. I would suggest replacing the the date field code with a text
as you open the older documents.
--
Kevin Backmann


"PatM" wrote:

When I open a document that was previously saved, WORD opens it with today's
date instead of the date it was saved. The "update automatically" under "Date
and Time" is NOT toggled. I need these documents to open with the original
date, not with the current date. When I put the mouse over the document
before opening it, it shows the original date - it says "last modified" - but
when I open the files they update with today's date. I might add that out of
all of my saved documents, I have two that open with the origninal date while
all the others open with the current date. I tried comparing the settings on
these two that are opening correctly with all the others and can't seem to
find any differeneces with the settings.