I have the update automatically box unticked in the insert date and time
field but whenever I open a saved letter it shows todays date. Can you help

Word obviously doesn't believe you as you must be inserting a field for it
to update. You can toggle the field display (ALT+F9) and change the DATE (or
TIME) field to a CREATEDATE field. Dates are best inserted with a CREATEDATE
field in the template.

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Graham Mayor - Word MVP

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smiler wrote:
I have the update automatically box unticked in the insert date and
time field but whenever I open a saved letter it shows todays date.
Can you help

You must have this box unchecked when you insert the date using that dialog.
If you use Alt+Shift+D or the button on the Header and Footer toolbar to
insert a date, you will still get a DATE field. As Graham says, you need to
change this to a CREATEDATE field. See
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFldsFms/DateFields.htm

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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I have the update automatically box unticked in the insert date and time
field but whenever I open a saved letter it shows todays date. Can you
help