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auto current date entry in your document
I have noticed that in Word 2003 when you open a document that contains an
Insert/Date and Time (with update automatically selected) the field does not update on open of the document. In Word 97 this was not the case. Is Word 2003 supposed to work this way? I can only get the field to update on Print or selecting the field and hitting F9. Will your suggestion below (inserting a { CREATEDATE }) work for me? "garfield-n-odie" wrote: Add a { CREATEDATE } field to the template. "steevesinjapan" wrote: how do you make your template always enter in the current date automaticallt every time you open it to make a new document |
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What you need is the CreateDate field in a template. When you use that
template to create a new document, the field will automatically update. It will then remain stable in the new document. See http://addbalance.com/word/datefields1.htm for information on the different kinds of datefields and how to format them. For more on the different kinds of templates, tabs on the file new dialog, and locations of templates folders see http://addbalance.com/usersguide/templates.htm. -- 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. "SDecou" wrote in message ... I have noticed that in Word 2003 when you open a document that contains an Insert/Date and Time (with update automatically selected) the field does not update on open of the document. In Word 97 this was not the case. Is Word 2003 supposed to work this way? I can only get the field to update on or selecting the field and hitting F9. Will your suggestion below (inserting a { CREATEDATE }) work for me? "garfield-n-odie" wrote: Add a { CREATEDATE } field to the template. "steevesinjapan" wrote: how do you make your template always enter in the current date automaticallt every time you open it to make a new document |
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