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Keep word from inserting current date in a previously written mem.
When a user opens a previously written memo - Word inserts the current date
in the date field. How do we turn this off. |
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Keep word from inserting current date in a previously written mem.
Press Alt+F9 to show field codes. Change the DATE (or TIME) part of the
field to CREATEDATE. Press F9 to update. Press Alt+F9 again to hide field codes. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Retaining Original Memo Date" Retaining Original Memo wrote in message ... When a user opens a previously written memo - Word inserts the current date in the date field. How do we turn this off. |
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Keep word from inserting current date in a previously written
This seems to fix the automatic change to the "open" document, but doesn't
keep Word from changing the date when this document is closed and a new, previously saved, document is opened (I'm currently using Word 2007). Is there a "global" fix so we don't have to use CREATEDATE in every previously-saved document to retain the original date? "Stefan Blom" wrote: Press Alt+F9 to show field codes. Change the DATE (or TIME) part of the field to CREATEDATE. Press F9 to update. Press Alt+F9 again to hide field codes. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Retaining Original Memo Date" Retaining Original Memo wrote in message ... When a user opens a previously written memo - Word inserts the current date in the date field. How do we turn this off. |
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Keep word from inserting current date in a previously written
Well, for starters, change the field in your template to CREATEDATE. This
will solve the problem in newly created documents. There is no shortcut for existing ones, though. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "JRG" wrote in message ... This seems to fix the automatic change to the "open" document, but doesn't keep Word from changing the date when this document is closed and a new, previously saved, document is opened (I'm currently using Word 2007). Is there a "global" fix so we don't have to use CREATEDATE in every previously-saved document to retain the original date? "Stefan Blom" wrote: Press Alt+F9 to show field codes. Change the DATE (or TIME) part of the field to CREATEDATE. Press F9 to update. Press Alt+F9 again to hide field codes. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Retaining Original Memo Date" Retaining Original Memo wrote in message ... When a user opens a previously written memo - Word inserts the current date in the date field. How do we turn this off. |
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Keep word from inserting current date in a previously written
Having made the change in the document template for new documents, you will
have either open each existing document and change it manually or use a macro to change the date fields in all the documents in a particular folder using a macro such as: Sub BatchFixDates() Dim strFile As String Dim strPath As String Dim oDoc As Document Dim iFld As Integer Dim fDialog As FileDialog Set fDialog = Application.FileDialog(msoFileDialogFolderPicker) With fDialog .Title = "Select Folder containing the documents to be modifed and click OK" .AllowMultiSelect = False .InitialView = msoFileDialogViewList If .Show -1 Then MsgBox "Cancelled By User" Exit Sub End If strPath = fDialog.SelectedItems.Item(1) If Right(strPath, 1) "\" Then strPath = strPath + "\" End With If Documents.Count 0 Then Documents.Close SaveChanges:=wdPromptToSaveChanges End If strFile = Dir$(strPath & "*.do?") While strFile "" Set oDoc = Documents.Open(strPath & strFile) ActiveWindow.View.ShowFieldCodes = True For iFld = ActiveDocument.Fields.Count To 1 Step -1 With ActiveDocument.Fields(iFld) If .Type = wdFieldDate Then .Code.Text = Replace(UCase(.Code.Text), "DATE", "CREATEDATE") .Update End If If .Type = wdFieldTime Then .Code.Text = Replace(UCase(.Code.Text), "TIME", "CREATEDATE") .Update End If End With Next iFld ActiveWindow.View.ShowFieldCodes = False oDoc.Close SaveChanges:=wdSaveChanges strFile = Dir$() Wend End Sub http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org JRG wrote: This seems to fix the automatic change to the "open" document, but doesn't keep Word from changing the date when this document is closed and a new, previously saved, document is opened (I'm currently using Word 2007). Is there a "global" fix so we don't have to use CREATEDATE in every previously-saved document to retain the original date? "Stefan Blom" wrote: Press Alt+F9 to show field codes. Change the DATE (or TIME) part of the field to CREATEDATE. Press F9 to update. Press Alt+F9 again to hide field codes. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Retaining Original Memo Date" Retaining Original Memo wrote in message ... When a user opens a previously written memo - Word inserts the current date in the date field. How do we turn this off. |
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