When old documents are opened, the document automatically opens with the
current date.

On Fri, 9 Dec 2005 07:29:02 -0800, "abbyserd"
wrote:

When old documents are opened, the document automatically opens with the
current date.

Dates that update are being created by a Date field. Change the field
to a CreateDate field instead. This will show the correct date even in
older documents. See
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFl...DateFields.htm.

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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.

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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!
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When old documents are opened, the document automatically opens with the
current date.