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How do I stop origin manually typed date from changing when reope
Using Word 2000. I type a date in a letter DD MM YYYY (not automatic) and
save the document. But when i reopen at a later date the date is changed to the current date which I don't want. How can I stop this happening please. Thank you |
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How do I stop origin manually typed date from changing when reope
Go to Menu: Inser -- Date and Time... . Choose a format. Make sure the
Update Automatically checkbox is cleared, then press OK. "Jilly" wrote: Using Word 2000. I type a date in a letter DD MM YYYY (not automatic) and save the document. But when i reopen at a later date the date is changed to the current date which I don't want. How can I stop this happening please. Thank you |
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You've entered a DATE field (press Alt-F9 to see it). Use CreateDate
instead. "Jilly" wrote in message ... Using Word 2000. I type a date in a letter DD MM YYYY (not automatic) and save the document. But when i reopen at a later date the date is changed to the current date which I don't want. How can I stop this happening please. Thank you |
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If you type a date in a letter it is typed as text. There's no way on earth
it can change by itself. The implication is that you are inserting a date field rather than typing it. For new documents ensure you either type the date or insert the date as text or insert a createdate field instead. Foir existing documents toggle the display (ALT+F9) and change the time or date field to a createdate field then update the field (F9) to show the original date. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Jilly wrote: Using Word 2000. I type a date in a letter DD MM YYYY (not automatic) and save the document. But when i reopen at a later date the date is changed to the current date which I don't want. How can I stop this happening please. Thank you |
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How do I stop origin manually typed date from changing when re
Hi Jilly,
In addition to Jezebel's post: while a CreateDate field genarally works, you'll probably get the wrong date in documents created before today. Cooz "Jezebel" wrote: You've entered a DATE field (press Alt-F9 to see it). Use CreateDate instead. "Jilly" wrote in message ... Using Word 2000. I type a date in a letter DD MM YYYY (not automatic) and save the document. But when i reopen at a later date the date is changed to the current date which I don't want. How can I stop this happening please. Thank you |
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How do I stop origin manually typed date from changing when re
No you probably won't! The creation date is just that - the date the
document was last saved using save as .... -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Cooz wrote: Hi Jilly, In addition to Jezebel's post: while a CreateDate field genarally works, you'll probably get the wrong date in documents created before today. Cooz "Jezebel" wrote: You've entered a DATE field (press Alt-F9 to see it). Use CreateDate instead. "Jilly" wrote in message ... Using Word 2000. I type a date in a letter DD MM YYYY (not automatic) and save the document. But when i reopen at a later date the date is changed to the current date which I don't want. How can I stop this happening please. Thank you |
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How do I stop origin manually typed date from changing when re
Hi Graham,
I meant that if you want the current date in a document that you created before today, you should not use the CreateDate field. If you started a document yesterday, finish it today, and then send it out into the big world, you wouldn't want the CreateDate field. Cooz "Graham Mayor" wrote: No you probably won't! The creation date is just that - the date the document was last saved using save as .... -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Cooz wrote: Hi Jilly, In addition to Jezebel's post: while a CreateDate field genarally works, you'll probably get the wrong date in documents created before today. Cooz "Jezebel" wrote: You've entered a DATE field (press Alt-F9 to see it). Use CreateDate instead. "Jilly" wrote in message ... Using Word 2000. I type a date in a letter DD MM YYYY (not automatic) and save the document. But when i reopen at a later date the date is changed to the current date which I don't want. How can I stop this happening please. Thank you |
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How do I stop origin manually typed date from changing when re
Hi Graham,
I meant that if you want to insert the current date in a document that you created before today (or if you for example started a document yesterday, finish it today and then send it out into the big world), you wouldn't want the CreateDate field. Cooz "Graham Mayor" wrote: No you probably won't! The creation date is just that - the date the document was last saved using save as .... -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Cooz wrote: Hi Jilly, In addition to Jezebel's post: while a CreateDate field genarally works, you'll probably get the wrong date in documents created before today. Cooz "Jezebel" wrote: You've entered a DATE field (press Alt-F9 to see it). Use CreateDate instead. "Jilly" wrote in message ... Using Word 2000. I type a date in a letter DD MM YYYY (not automatic) and save the document. But when i reopen at a later date the date is changed to the current date which I don't want. How can I stop this happening please. Thank you |
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How do I stop origin manually typed date from changing when re
My letter templates all contain CreateDate fields. I have one client who
routinely lets letters hang for several days before sending them. Even though the date is actually correct (it's the date he wrote the letter and faxed it to me to be typed), I usually replace the date field with the current date text before printing the letter. In most cases the CreateDate field will be correct for letters I create, and for other situations it's easy enough to correct. -- 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. "Cooz" wrote in message ... Hi Graham, I meant that if you want the current date in a document that you created before today, you should not use the CreateDate field. If you started a document yesterday, finish it today, and then send it out into the big world, you wouldn't want the CreateDate field. Cooz "Graham Mayor" wrote: No you probably won't! The creation date is just that - the date the document was last saved using save as .... -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Cooz wrote: Hi Jilly, In addition to Jezebel's post: while a CreateDate field genarally works, you'll probably get the wrong date in documents created before today. Cooz "Jezebel" wrote: You've entered a DATE field (press Alt-F9 to see it). Use CreateDate instead. "Jilly" wrote in message ... Using Word 2000. I type a date in a letter DD MM YYYY (not automatic) and save the document. But when i reopen at a later date the date is changed to the current date which I don't want. How can I stop this happening please. Thank you |
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How do I stop origin manually typed date from changing when re
I still use the CreateDate field in the body of the letter template. It
gives a solid date that is right more often than not. I will manually change it or use SaveAs and update to change it if needed. In some templates I have the field broken into two or three fields so I can just change the day without retyping the whole date (laziness carried to an extreme). Note, the date in my continuation headers is a StyleRef field based on the date as shown on page 1 rather than a separate date 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. "Cooz" wrote in message ... Hi Graham, I meant that if you want the current date in a document that you created before today, you should not use the CreateDate field. If you started a document yesterday, finish it today, and then send it out into the big world, you wouldn't want the CreateDate field. Cooz "Graham Mayor" wrote: No you probably won't! The creation date is just that - the date the document was last saved using save as .... -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Cooz wrote: Hi Jilly, In addition to Jezebel's post: while a CreateDate field genarally works, you'll probably get the wrong date in documents created before today. Cooz "Jezebel" wrote: You've entered a DATE field (press Alt-F9 to see it). Use CreateDate instead. "Jilly" wrote in message ... Using Word 2000. I type a date in a letter DD MM YYYY (not automatic) and save the document. But when i reopen at a later date the date is changed to the current date which I don't want. How can I stop this happening please. Thank you |
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How do I stop origin manually typed date from changing when re
You seem to be making your own questions up and answering them
 -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Cooz wrote: Hi Graham, I meant that if you want to insert the current date in a document that you created before today (or if you for example started a document yesterday, finish it today and then send it out into the big world), you wouldn't want the CreateDate field. Cooz "Graham Mayor" wrote: No you probably won't! The creation date is just that - the date the document was last saved using save as .... -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Cooz wrote: Hi Jilly, In addition to Jezebel's post: while a CreateDate field genarally works, you'll probably get the wrong date in documents created before today. Cooz "Jezebel" wrote: You've entered a DATE field (press Alt-F9 to see it). Use CreateDate instead. "Jilly" wrote in message ... Using Word 2000. I type a date in a letter DD MM YYYY (not automatic) and save the document. But when i reopen at a later date the date is changed to the current date which I don't want. How can I stop this happening please. Thank you |
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