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Can anyone tell me how to restore the original dates that letters were typed
instead of having them update everytime I open the doccument.? Also how do I stop it happening again Thanks RLT |
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G'Day RKLT,
When you InsertDate and Time, make sure that the 'Update Automatically' box (in the Dialog) is NOT checked. -- Regards, Pat Garard Melbourne, Australia _______________________ "RKLT" wrote in message ... Can anyone tell me how to restore the original dates that letters were typed instead of having them update everytime I open the doccument.? Also how do I stop it happening again Thanks RLT |
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I think if you type in the date (and not use "insert date") it should be OK.
Using "insert date" seems to update every time you open. "RKLT" wrote: Can anyone tell me how to restore the original dates that letters were typed instead of having them update everytime I open the doccument.? Also how do I stop it happening again Thanks RLT |
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The date in question has been entered as a DATE field (this is what you get
if you Insert Date and ask for it to automatically update - it is always the current date). If you toggle field codes (Shift-F9) you can change the field to a CREATEDATE (date document was created) or SAVEDATE (date document last saved). Note though that either of these might give the wrong information depending on the history of the file. -- Margaret Aldis - Microsoft Word MVP Syntagma partnership site: http://www.syntagma.co.uk Word MVP FAQ site: http://www.word.mvps.org "RKLT" wrote in message ... Can anyone tell me how to restore the original dates that letters were typed instead of having them update everytime I open the doccument.? Also how do I stop it happening again Thanks RLT |
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A DATE field is also what you get if you use the Alt+Shift+D shortcut or the
Insert Date button on the Header and Footer toolbar. -- 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. "Margaret Aldis" wrote in message ... The date in question has been entered as a DATE field (this is what you get if you Insert Date and ask for it to automatically update - it is always the current date). If you toggle field codes (Shift-F9) you can change the field to a CREATEDATE (date document was created) or SAVEDATE (date document last saved). Note though that either of these might give the wrong information depending on the history of the file. -- Margaret Aldis - Microsoft Word MVP Syntagma partnership site: http://www.syntagma.co.uk Word MVP FAQ site: http://www.word.mvps.org "RKLT" wrote in message ... Can anyone tell me how to restore the original dates that letters were typed instead of having them update everytime I open the doccument.? Also how do I stop it happening again Thanks RLT |
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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. 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. I would recommend putting the field right in your template rather than using Insert Date or the keyboard shortcut. Unless you have very unusual letters, the date always goes in the same place. On the rare occasions that you don't want a date, it is easy enough to delete. 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://www.mvps.org/word 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. "RKLT" wrote in message ... Can anyone tell me how to restore the original dates that letters were typed instead of having them update everytime I open the doccument.? Also how do I stop it happening again Thanks RLT |
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How do I insert an automatic updating SAVEDATE?
"Pat Garard" wrote: G'Day RKLT, When you InsertDate and Time, make sure that the 'Update Automatically' box (in the Dialog) is NOT checked. -- Regards, Pat Garard Melbourne, Australia _______________________ "RKLT" wrote in message ... Can anyone tell me how to restore the original dates that letters were typed instead of having them update everytime I open the doccument.? Also how do I stop it happening again Thanks RLT |
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Insert Field SaveDate. But it doesn't automatically update... you can
make it update by selecting it and pressing F9, or print the document or just go to Print Preview (assuming that "Update fields" is checked in Tools Options Print). -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Frequent User wrote: How do I insert an automatic updating SAVEDATE? "Pat Garard" wrote: G'Day RKLT, When you InsertDate and Time, make sure that the 'Update Automatically' box (in the Dialog) is NOT checked. -- Regards, Pat Garard Melbourne, Australia _______________________ "RKLT" wrote in message ... Can anyone tell me how to restore the original dates that letters were typed instead of having them update everytime I open the doccument.? Also how do I stop it happening again Thanks RLT |
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"Insert date and time" and automatically update option is checked: Using
this feature in Word 2002 causes a document to open with the current date, rather than being able to see the last date on the document. It used to update only when the document was previewed or printed. Updating the date when you just open a document to look at it means you can't see what date was on a document previously. This is a change from previous versions of Word. Why? Is there a way to make it update the date only when you preview or print a document? "Pat Garard" wrote: G'Day RKLT, When you InsertDate and Time, make sure that the 'Update Automatically' box (in the Dialog) is NOT checked. -- Regards, Pat Garard Melbourne, Australia _______________________ "RKLT" wrote in message ... Can anyone tell me how to restore the original dates that letters were typed instead of having them update everytime I open the doccument.? Also how do I stop it happening again Thanks RLT |
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On 8/1/05 7:18 AM, "pkh@bbb" wrote:
"Insert date and time" and automatically update option is checked: Using this feature in Word 2002 causes a document to open with the current date, rather than being able to see the last date on the document. Really? I don't think so. That checkbox only applies when you actually use that dialog to insert a date. It used to update only when the document was previewed or printed. Updating the date when you just open a document to look at it means you can't see what date was on a document previously. This is a change from previous versions of Word. Why? Is there a way to make it update the date only when you preview or print a document? I'm not sure you can have the same date field not-update and then update, but maybe. Which version of Word are you using? Does "used to" mean you changed versions? This is what is going on: The keyboard shortcut for Insert Date, and the icon on the header/footer toolbar insert an automatically updating date field, {DATE}, so if either of those were used in creating the doc, you get date changes. Or if Insert | Date & Time was used with the "update automatically" checkbox selected. Word has a setting to Update Fields on Print, which also triggers on Print Preview. I'm not sure what controls updating fields on open. Generally, updating on open would be a good thing, as if you don't want a field to update, why use a field? To get the original date back for old docs, select the field, toggle field codes on the right-click menu (or hit alt-F9), and change the DATE field to CREATEDATE. For more information, see he http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFldsFms/DateFields.htm I suppose you could Lock the field after printing to keep it from updating on open. Or the above link will introduce you to PrintDate, which may be what you want. -- Daiya Mitchell, MVP Mac/Word Word FAQ: http://www.word.mvps.org/ MacWord Tips: http://www.word.mvps.org/MacWordNew/ What's an MVP? A volunteer! Read the FAQ: http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ |
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Well, first of all, if you want to insert a date that doesn't update, you
shouldn't have "Automatically update" checked. If you use the keyboard shortcut to insert a date, however, it will always be a DATE field. You can always restore this to the date the document was created by editing the field to make it a CREATEDATE 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. "pkh@bbb" wrote in message ... "Insert date and time" and automatically update option is checked: Using this feature in Word 2002 causes a document to open with the current date, rather than being able to see the last date on the document. It used to update only when the document was previewed or printed. Updating the date when you just open a document to look at it means you can't see what date was on a document previously. This is a change from previous versions of Word. Why? Is there a way to make it update the date only when you preview or print a document? "Pat Garard" wrote: G'Day RKLT, When you InsertDate and Time, make sure that the 'Update Automatically' box (in the Dialog) is NOT checked. -- Regards, Pat Garard Melbourne, Australia _______________________ "RKLT" wrote in message ... Can anyone tell me how to restore the original dates that letters were typed instead of having them update everytime I open the doccument.? Also how do I stop it happening again Thanks RLT |
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I do want to insert a date that updates, but I don't want it to update unless
I "preview" or "print" the document, which is the way it used to work in a prior version prior of Word when "automatically update" was checked. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Well, first of all, if you want to insert a date that doesn't update, you shouldn't have "Automatically update" checked. If you use the keyboard shortcut to insert a date, however, it will always be a DATE field. You can always restore this to the date the document was created by editing the field to make it a CREATEDATE 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. "pkh@bbb" wrote in message ... "Insert date and time" and automatically update option is checked: Using this feature in Word 2002 causes a document to open with the current date, rather than being able to see the last date on the document. It used to update only when the document was previewed or printed. Updating the date when you just open a document to look at it means you can't see what date was on a document previously. This is a change from previous versions of Word. Why? Is there a way to make it update the date only when you preview or print a document? "Pat Garard" wrote: G'Day RKLT, When you InsertDate and Time, make sure that the 'Update Automatically' box (in the Dialog) is NOT checked. -- Regards, Pat Garard Melbourne, Australia _______________________ "RKLT" wrote in message ... Can anyone tell me how to restore the original dates that letters were typed instead of having them update everytime I open the doccument.? Also how do I stop it happening again Thanks RLT |
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I do want to insert a date that updates, but I don't want it to update unless I "preview" or "print" the document, which is the way it used to work in a prior version of Word (that came with Windows 98) when the date had been inserted and "automatically update" was checked. I am currently using Word 2002 SP3 on a new computer using Windows XP. "Daiya Mitchell" wrote: On 8/1/05 7:18 AM, "pkh@bbb" wrote: "Insert date and time" and automatically update option is checked: Using this feature in Word 2002 causes a document to open with the current date, rather than being able to see the last date on the document. Really? I don't think so. That checkbox only applies when you actually use that dialog to insert a date. It used to update only when the document was previewed or printed. Updating the date when you just open a document to look at it means you can't see what date was on a document previously. This is a change from previous versions of Word. Why? Is there a way to make it update the date only when you preview or print a document? I'm not sure you can have the same date field not-update and then update, but maybe. Which version of Word are you using? Does "used to" mean you changed versions? This is what is going on: The keyboard shortcut for Insert Date, and the icon on the header/footer toolbar insert an automatically updating date field, {DATE}, so if either of those were used in creating the doc, you get date changes. Or if Insert | Date & Time was used with the "update automatically" checkbox selected. Word has a setting to Update Fields on Print, which also triggers on Print Preview. I'm not sure what controls updating fields on open. Generally, updating on open would be a good thing, as if you don't want a field to update, why use a field? To get the original date back for old docs, select the field, toggle field codes on the right-click menu (or hit alt-F9), and change the DATE field to CREATEDATE. For more information, see he http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFldsFms/DateFields.htm I suppose you could Lock the field after printing to keep it from updating on open. Or the above link will introduce you to PrintDate, which may be what you want. -- Daiya Mitchell, MVP Mac/Word Word FAQ: http://www.word.mvps.org/ MacWord Tips: http://www.word.mvps.org/MacWordNew/ What's an MVP? A volunteer! Read the FAQ: http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ |
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So I guess newer versions added something as a "feature" that you don't
like. This probably even qualified as a bug fix, I bet people complained about forcing their automatically updating dates to update. I don't think you can control it, though you could scour Tools | Options looking for something that controls updating fields on open. I don't think it's there, though. Read the suggested article and see if PrintDate meets your needs, sounds to me like it might. Or see this Help topic: Prevent changes to information inserted by a field On 8/1/05 10:15 AM, "pkh@bbb" wrote: I do want to insert a date that updates, but I don't want it to update unless I "preview" or "print" the document, which is the way it used to work in a prior version of Word (that came with Windows 98) when the date had been inserted and "automatically update" was checked. I am currently using Word 2002 SP3 on a new computer using Windows XP. "Daiya Mitchell" wrote: On 8/1/05 7:18 AM, "pkh@bbb" wrote: "Insert date and time" and automatically update option is checked: Using this feature in Word 2002 causes a document to open with the current date, rather than being able to see the last date on the document. Really? I don't think so. That checkbox only applies when you actually use that dialog to insert a date. It used to update only when the document was previewed or printed. Updating the date when you just open a document to look at it means you can't see what date was on a document previously. This is a change from previous versions of Word. Why? Is there a way to make it update the date only when you preview or print a document? I'm not sure you can have the same date field not-update and then update, but maybe. Which version of Word are you using? Does "used to" mean you changed versions? This is what is going on: The keyboard shortcut for Insert Date, and the icon on the header/footer toolbar insert an automatically updating date field, {DATE}, so if either of those were used in creating the doc, you get date changes. Or if Insert | Date & Time was used with the "update automatically" checkbox selected. Word has a setting to Update Fields on Print, which also triggers on Print Preview. I'm not sure what controls updating fields on open. Generally, updating on open would be a good thing, as if you don't want a field to update, why use a field? To get the original date back for old docs, select the field, toggle field codes on the right-click menu (or hit alt-F9), and change the DATE field to CREATEDATE. For more information, see he http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFldsFms/DateFields.htm I suppose you could Lock the field after printing to keep it from updating on open. Or the above link will introduce you to PrintDate, which may be what you want. |
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