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date/time automatic update is off but date still updates.
I want to be able to open letters with the date of original composition but
they open with the current date although the automatic update is off. |
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date/time automatic update is off but date still updates.
Automatic update switch only works for the date you are then inserting. You
are using a DATE or TIME field rather than a CREATEDATE field. This field should be put in the original template if possible (instead of inserting using the keyboard shortcut or header/footer toolbar button). In the document in question, press Alt-F9 to display field codes. Then change the field to a CREATEDATE field, press F9 and then Alt-F9. 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. "jocasam" wrote in message ... I want to be able to open letters with the date of original composition but they open with the current date although the automatic update is off. |
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date/time automatic update is off but date still updates.
The letters contain a DATE or TIME field. Press Alt+F9 to display the field
code, change DATE or TIME to CreateDate, Alt+F9 to toggle back, and F9 to update. If you are using a letter template (as you should), I suggest inserting a CREATEDATE field in the template. Note that the "Update automatically" check box in the Insert | Date and Time dialog affects only the dates you insert from that dialog. It has no bearing on dates that have already been inserted. When you use Alt+Shift+D or the Insert Date button on the Header and Footer toolbar to insert a date, it is always inserted as a DATE field, using the format you have selected as the default in the Date and Time dialog. -- 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. "jocasam" wrote in message ... I want to be able to open letters with the date of original composition but they open with the current date although the automatic update is off. |
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