[Maanu]

Hi,

I have a word document. It has a date field which indicates when the
document was last saved.

Is it possible to update this field automatically whenever somebody saves
the file?

Thanks!

[Graham Mayor]

No - most fields do not update automatically and if you updated the savedate
field after saving, the document would need to be saved again ad infinitum.
It should however show the correct date the next time the document is
opened. You could work around this with a couple of macros in the document
template, then replace the field in the document with the docvariable field
{ DocVariable varSaveDate }. The macros update a document variable with the
current date before saving. You can change the date formatting switches
"dd/MM/yyyy" to suit your local preference.
http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm

Sub FileSave()
Dim oVars As Variables
Dim oField As Field
Set oVars = ActiveDocument.Variables
oVars("varSaveDate").Value = Format(Date, "dd/MM/yyyy")
For Each oField In ActiveDocument.Fields
If oField.Type = wdFieldDocVariable Then
oField.Update
End If
Next oField
On Error Resume Next
ActiveDocument.Save
ActiveWindow.Caption = ActiveDocument.FullName
End Sub

and

Sub FileSaveAs()
Dim oVars As Variables
Dim oField As Field
Set oVars = ActiveDocument.Variables
oVars("varSaveDate").Value = Format(Date, "dd/MM/yyyy")
For Each oField In ActiveDocument.Fields
If oField.Type = wdFieldDocVariable Then
oField.Update
End If
Next oField
On Error Resume Next
Dialogs(wdDialogFileSaveAs).Show
ActiveWindow.Caption = ActiveDocument.FullName
End Sub


--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org



"Maanu" wrote in message
...
Hi,

I have a word document. It has a date field which indicates when the
document was last saved.

Is it possible to update this field automatically whenever somebody saves
the file?

Thanks!

[Graham Mayor]

No - most fields do not update automatically and if you updated the savedate
field after saving, the document would need to be saved again ad infinitum.
It should however show the correct date the next time the document is
opened. You could work around this with a couple of macros in the document
template, then replace the field in the document with the docvariable field
{ DocVariable varSaveDate }. The macros update a document variable with the
current date before saving. You can change the date formatting switches
"dd/MM/yyyy" to suit your local preference.
http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm

Sub FileSave()
Dim oVars As Variables
Dim oField As Field
Set oVars = ActiveDocument.Variables
oVars("varSaveDate").Value = Format(Date, "dd/MM/yyyy")
For Each oField In ActiveDocument.Fields
If oField.Type = wdFieldDocVariable Then
oField.Update
End If
Next oField
On Error Resume Next
ActiveDocument.Save
ActiveWindow.Caption = ActiveDocument.FullName
End Sub

and

Sub FileSaveAs()
Dim oVars As Variables
Dim oField As Field
Set oVars = ActiveDocument.Variables
oVars("varSaveDate").Value = Format(Date, "dd/MM/yyyy")
For Each oField In ActiveDocument.Fields
If oField.Type = wdFieldDocVariable Then
oField.Update
End If
Next oField
On Error Resume Next
Dialogs(wdDialogFileSaveAs).Show
ActiveWindow.Caption = ActiveDocument.FullName
End Sub


--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org



"Maanu" wrote in message
...
Hi,

I have a word document. It has a date field which indicates when the
document was last saved.

Is it possible to update this field automatically whenever somebody saves
the file?

Thanks!