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Reading old letters - date changes to current date
When I open an old letter/document that I have inserted the date, the date
changes to the "current date". How do I sop this happening. The box is not checked in update date and time in the Tools menu. |
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Your letter/document contains a DATE or TIME field. Press Alt+F9 to reveal
the field code and change DATE or TIME to CREATEDATE. Alt+F9 to toggle back to field results and F9 to update the field. The date will then reflect the date the document was created. The setting of the box in the Insert | Date and Time dialog is relevant only when you are inserting a date through that dialog. If you use the Alt+Shift+D shortcut or the Insert Date button on the Header and Footer toolbar, you will always insert a DATE field. For more, see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFldsFms/DateFields.htm -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "southinch" wrote in message ... When I open an old letter/document that I have inserted the date, the date changes to the "current date". How do I sop this happening. The box is not checked in update date and time in the Tools menu. |
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southinch wrote:
When I open an old letter/document that I have inserted the date, the date changes to the "current date". How do I sop this happening. The box is not checked in update date and time in the Tools menu. Change the DATE field to a CREATEDATE field. See http://word.mvps.org/faqs/tblsfldsfms/DateFields.htm. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org |
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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! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "southinch" wrote in message ... When I open an old letter/document that I have inserted the date, the date changes to the "current date". How do I sop this happening. The box is not checked in update date and time in the Tools menu. |
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Thanks to those who responded. All is now well.
"southinch" wrote: When I open an old letter/document that I have inserted the date, the date changes to the "current date". How do I sop this happening. The box is not checked in update date and time in the Tools menu. |
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On Wed, 5 Oct 2005 06:29:06 -0700, southinch
wrote: When I open an old letter/document that I have inserted the date, the date changes to the "current date". How do I sop this happening. The box is not checked in update date and time in the Tools menu. You have been given several suggestion all having to do with using the creation date. Personally, I prefer another soluition. I insert a normal date field just as you are doing. I leave it as a field until I finish the letter or document. I rarely finish a document the same day and I want it to reflect the date I completed the document, not the date I started it. When it is finished and I am ready to send it, I then use Ctrl+6 to change it from a field to normal text. It don't change after that. -- Running Word 2000 SP-3 on Windows 2000 |
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You can do the same thing using the CreateDate field.
-- 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! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "LurfysMa" wrote in message ... On Wed, 5 Oct 2005 06:29:06 -0700, southinch wrote: When I open an old letter/document that I have inserted the date, the date changes to the "current date". How do I sop this happening. The box is not checked in update date and time in the Tools menu. You have been given several suggestion all having to do with using the creation date. Personally, I prefer another soluition. I insert a normal date field just as you are doing. I leave it as a field until I finish the letter or document. I rarely finish a document the same day and I want it to reflect the date I completed the document, not the date I started it. When it is finished and I am ready to send it, I then use Ctrl+6 to change it from a field to normal text. It don't change after that. -- Running Word 2000 SP-3 on Windows 2000 |
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No, you can't, Charles. If you work on a letter for several days, the
CreateDate is no longer the current date, which is what LurfysMa wants. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Charles Kenyon" wrote in message ... You can do the same thing using the CreateDate field. -- 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! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "LurfysMa" wrote in message ... On Wed, 5 Oct 2005 06:29:06 -0700, southinch wrote: When I open an old letter/document that I have inserted the date, the date changes to the "current date". How do I sop this happening. The box is not checked in update date and time in the Tools menu. You have been given several suggestion all having to do with using the creation date. Personally, I prefer another soluition. I insert a normal date field just as you are doing. I leave it as a field until I finish the letter or document. I rarely finish a document the same day and I want it to reflect the date I completed the document, not the date I started it. When it is finished and I am ready to send it, I then use Ctrl+6 to change it from a field to normal text. It don't change after that. -- Running Word 2000 SP-3 on Windows 2000 |
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Ah, I change the date to the current date using the keyboard after I freeze
the field. -- 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! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... No, you can't, Charles. If you work on a letter for several days, the CreateDate is no longer the current date, which is what LurfysMa wants. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Charles Kenyon" wrote in message ... You can do the same thing using the CreateDate field. -- 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! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "LurfysMa" wrote in message ... On Wed, 5 Oct 2005 06:29:06 -0700, southinch wrote: When I open an old letter/document that I have inserted the date, the date changes to the "current date". How do I sop this happening. The box is not checked in update date and time in the Tools menu. You have been given several suggestion all having to do with using the creation date. Personally, I prefer another soluition. I insert a normal date field just as you are doing. I leave it as a field until I finish the letter or document. I rarely finish a document the same day and I want it to reflect the date I completed the document, not the date I started it. When it is finished and I am ready to send it, I then use Ctrl+6 to change it from a field to normal text. It don't change after that. -- Running Word 2000 SP-3 on Windows 2000 |
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I do the same thing (because in most cases the CreateDate *is* what I want,
so I don't want to change my template), but LurfysMa's method would really be more practical for the letter template I use for a client who almost never sends letters on the day he writes them (he's an artist and often forgets about them for weeks). -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Charles Kenyon" wrote in message ... Ah, I change the date to the current date using the keyboard after I freeze the field. -- 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! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... No, you can't, Charles. If you work on a letter for several days, the CreateDate is no longer the current date, which is what LurfysMa wants. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Charles Kenyon" wrote in message ... You can do the same thing using the CreateDate field. -- 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! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "LurfysMa" wrote in message ... On Wed, 5 Oct 2005 06:29:06 -0700, southinch wrote: When I open an old letter/document that I have inserted the date, the date changes to the "current date". How do I sop this happening. The box is not checked in update date and time in the Tools menu. You have been given several suggestion all having to do with using the creation date. Personally, I prefer another soluition. I insert a normal date field just as you are doing. I leave it as a field until I finish the letter or document. I rarely finish a document the same day and I want it to reflect the date I completed the document, not the date I started it. When it is finished and I am ready to send it, I then use Ctrl+6 to change it from a field to normal text. It don't change after that. -- Running Word 2000 SP-3 on Windows 2000 |
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Reading old letters - date changes to current date
This is all very well but surely the user wants the date set at when he/she
uses the function. Why would Microsoft set it up this way. I use it for lectures and use the same document week in week out. Now all my lectures look like they're on the same day. Crazy. "Jay Freedman" wrote: southinch wrote: When I open an old letter/document that I have inserted the date, the date changes to the "current date". How do I sop this happening. The box is not checked in update date and time in the Tools menu. Change the DATE field to a CREATEDATE field. See http://word.mvps.org/faqs/tblsfldsfms/DateFields.htm. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org |
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Reading old letters - date changes to current date
When you use the insert date function, you have the option to insert the
date to update automatically or not. It is not Microsoft's fault that you didn't select the option you required. If you want to create a template with automatic date insertion, use a CreateDate field. If the lectures are individual documents, what you need to do is change the date fields for createdate fields - ALT+F9 change {DATE \@ "d MMM yyyy"}or {TIME \@ "d MMM yyyy"} to {CREATEDATE \@ "d MMM yyyy"} then F9 and ALT+F9. The switches \@ "d MMM yyyy" may be different at your location. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Tim wrote: This is all very well but surely the user wants the date set at when he/she uses the function. Why would Microsoft set it up this way. I use it for lectures and use the same document week in week out. Now all my lectures look like they're on the same day. Crazy. "Jay Freedman" wrote: southinch wrote: When I open an old letter/document that I have inserted the date, the date changes to the "current date". How do I sop this happening. The box is not checked in update date and time in the Tools menu. Change the DATE field to a CREATEDATE field. See http://word.mvps.org/faqs/tblsfldsfms/DateFields.htm. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org |
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