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Auto updating the date.
Hello all.
How do i get the date to auto update when opening a saved document in Word 2002? For example, I typed a document on 2/2/2006 and saved it with the date under the address. When i reopen the document say on the 16/2/2002 I want the date on the form under the address to automatically change to 16/2/2002. Reason being, the form is a template and whenever i open it i want the correct date on it before sending it out as sometimes it gets sent out with the wrong date cos i forget!! Thank you. |
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Auto updating the date.
It sounds as if you have a "Create Date" field in your template. That would
need to be changed to a "Date" field that automatically updates. -- Carol A. Bratt, MCP "Demvaril" wrote: Hello all. How do i get the date to auto update when opening a saved document in Word 2002? For example, I typed a document on 2/2/2006 and saved it with the date under the address. When i reopen the document say on the 16/2/2002 I want the date on the form under the address to automatically change to 16/2/2002. Reason being, the form is a template and whenever i open it i want the correct date on it before sending it out as sometimes it gets sent out with the wrong date cos i forget!! Thank you. |
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Thanks Carol, could you tell me how i do that please?
"Carol" wrote: It sounds as if you have a "Create Date" field in your template. That would need to be changed to a "Date" field that automatically updates. -- Carol A. Bratt, MCP "Demvaril" wrote: Hello all. How do i get the date to auto update when opening a saved document in Word 2002? For example, I typed a document on 2/2/2006 and saved it with the date under the address. When i reopen the document say on the 16/2/2002 I want the date on the form under the address to automatically change to 16/2/2002. Reason being, the form is a template and whenever i open it i want the correct date on it before sending it out as sometimes it gets sent out with the wrong date cos i forget!! Thank you. |
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Well you would have to open your template as a template. Look in Tools |
Options | File Locations to learn where your templates are stored. Open the template | Highlight the date field and delete it and then click on Insert | Field and Date and select the style you want and then save your template. -- Carol A. Bratt, MCP "Demvaril" wrote: Thanks Carol, could you tell me how i do that please? "Carol" wrote: It sounds as if you have a "Create Date" field in your template. That would need to be changed to a "Date" field that automatically updates. -- Carol A. Bratt, MCP "Demvaril" wrote: Hello all. How do i get the date to auto update when opening a saved document in Word 2002? For example, I typed a document on 2/2/2006 and saved it with the date under the address. When i reopen the document say on the 16/2/2002 I want the date on the form under the address to automatically change to 16/2/2002. Reason being, the form is a template and whenever i open it i want the correct date on it before sending it out as sometimes it gets sent out with the wrong date cos i forget!! Thank you. |
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Thank you very much for your help Carol, you're a star!!
"Carol" wrote: Well you would have to open your template as a template. Look in Tools | Options | File Locations to learn where your templates are stored. Open the template | Highlight the date field and delete it and then click on Insert | Field and Date and select the style you want and then save your template. -- Carol A. Bratt, MCP "Demvaril" wrote: Thanks Carol, could you tell me how i do that please? "Carol" wrote: It sounds as if you have a "Create Date" field in your template. That would need to be changed to a "Date" field that automatically updates. -- Carol A. Bratt, MCP "Demvaril" wrote: Hello all. How do i get the date to auto update when opening a saved document in Word 2002? For example, I typed a document on 2/2/2006 and saved it with the date under the address. When i reopen the document say on the 16/2/2002 I want the date on the form under the address to automatically change to 16/2/2002. Reason being, the form is a template and whenever i open it i want the correct date on it before sending it out as sometimes it gets sent out with the wrong date cos i forget!! Thank you. |
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Auto updating the date.
Glad I could help you.
-- Carol A. Bratt, MCP "Demvaril" wrote: Thank you very much for your help Carol, you're a star!! "Carol" wrote: Well you would have to open your template as a template. Look in Tools | Options | File Locations to learn where your templates are stored. Open the template | Highlight the date field and delete it and then click on Insert | Field and Date and select the style you want and then save your template. -- Carol A. Bratt, MCP "Demvaril" wrote: Thanks Carol, could you tell me how i do that please? "Carol" wrote: It sounds as if you have a "Create Date" field in your template. That would need to be changed to a "Date" field that automatically updates. -- Carol A. Bratt, MCP "Demvaril" wrote: Hello all. How do i get the date to auto update when opening a saved document in Word 2002? For example, I typed a document on 2/2/2006 and saved it with the date under the address. When i reopen the document say on the 16/2/2002 I want the date on the form under the address to automatically change to 16/2/2002. Reason being, the form is a template and whenever i open it i want the correct date on it before sending it out as sometimes it gets sent out with the wrong date cos i forget!! Thank you. |
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Carol/Demvaril
I would say that that is not the conventional approach. If you have a template that you want to create documents from then you should use a CREATEDATE field in the template. Documents that are created based on this template "will" have the current date applied when they are created. If you save that document and open it tomorrow, next week, or next year, it will show the date that the document was prepared and saved and not the current date. Using existing "documents" to revise and send new documents is not a sound practice ;-). |
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I agree with you Greg. I was just answering the question.
-- Carol A. Bratt, MCP "Greg" wrote: Carol/Demvaril I would say that that is not the conventional approach. If you have a template that you want to create documents from then you should use a CREATEDATE field in the template. Documents that are created based on this template "will" have the current date applied when they are created. If you save that document and open it tomorrow, next week, or next year, it will show the date that the document was prepared and saved and not the current date. Using existing "documents" to revise and send new documents is not a sound practice ;-). |
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Auto updating the date.
Save your document as a template. Use a CreateDate field.
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://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. "Demvaril" wrote in message ... Hello all. How do i get the date to auto update when opening a saved document in Word 2002? For example, I typed a document on 2/2/2006 and saved it with the date under the address. When i reopen the document say on the 16/2/2002 I want the date on the form under the address to automatically change to 16/2/2002. Reason being, the form is a template and whenever i open it i want the correct date on it before sending it out as sometimes it gets sent out with the wrong date cos i forget!! Thank you. |
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Auto updating the date.
No, instead of a date field in a document, you need a CreateDate field in a
template! -- 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. "Carol" wrote in message ... It sounds as if you have a "Create Date" field in your template. That would need to be changed to a "Date" field that automatically updates. -- Carol A. Bratt, MCP "Demvaril" wrote: Hello all. How do i get the date to auto update when opening a saved document in Word 2002? For example, I typed a document on 2/2/2006 and saved it with the date under the address. When i reopen the document say on the 16/2/2002 I want the date on the form under the address to automatically change to 16/2/2002. Reason being, the form is a template and whenever i open it i want the correct date on it before sending it out as sometimes it gets sent out with the wrong date cos i forget!! Thank you. |
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