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word creation date
Can anyone please help. I recently asked for a copy of a docuement that it was claimed was sent to me a month prevoiusly. The author emailed an attachment they claimed to be the original WORD docuement. However the properties showed this had only just been created. Can I rely on this or could it have been created when claimed. Thanks -- terry |
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No, but do you have a reason to suspect the person who created the file is
lying to you? All it takes is opening a file and saving it before closing to change a date. If this is something for legal purposes, I'd definitely ask. You could mention this date question but you'll never really know what the truth is. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "terry" wrote in message ... Can anyone please help. I recently asked for a copy of a docuement that it was claimed was sent to me a month prevoiusly. The author emailed an attachment they claimed to be the original WORD docuement. However the properties showed this had only just been created. Can I rely on this or could it have been created when claimed. Thanks -- terry |
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Open the document and use Insert, Field, CreateDate. It should display the
date the document was created unless the sender has been deliberate in masking the date by opening and using SaveAs to create a new document from it. If you are really sure that it has been doctored and it is hurting you financially, there are utilities out there that can sniff out hidden metadata and reveal all that has happened to the document. -- Terry Farrell - Word MVP http://word.mvps.org/ "terry" wrote in message ... : : Can anyone please help. I recently asked for a copy of a docuement that : it was claimed was sent to me a month prevoiusly. The author emailed an : attachment they claimed to be the original WORD docuement. However the : properties showed this had only just been created. Can I rely on this : or could it have been created when claimed. Thanks : : : -- : terry |
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I think, more importantly, can he show you the original email with the file
attached? ******************* ~Anne Troy www.OfficeArticles.com www.MyExpertsOnline.com "terry" wrote in message ... Can anyone please help. I recently asked for a copy of a docuement that it was claimed was sent to me a month prevoiusly. The author emailed an attachment they claimed to be the original WORD docuement. However the properties showed this had only just been created. Can I rely on this or could it have been created when claimed. Thanks -- terry |
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Anne Troy shared this with us in microsoft.public.word.newusers:
I think, more importantly, can he show you the original email with the file attached? Indeed, and an email can be embedded inside another email. I use this all the time to transport emails from one computer to another AND keep important metadata like date, original sender, headers,... This is as simple as pump water: create a new email, and drag the old email inside the new email. -- Amedee Van Gasse |
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