If I start to type todays date, Word automatically brings up the date, and
asks me to press enter to accept. If I accept, then tomorrow/or next week..
when I bring up the document, it gives me tomorrows date/or next week's date,
not the date I created the document. How do I prevent this from happening?

Use a custom template with a CreateDate field in it. You can change the
fields in your current documents to that by clicking on the date and
pressing Shift-F9. Change Date or Time to CreateDate and press F9 to update
the field. 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://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome!
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If I start to type todays date, Word automatically brings up the date, and
asks me to press enter to accept. If I accept, then tomorrow/or next
week..
when I bring up the document, it gives me tomorrows date/or next week's
date,
not the date I created the document. How do I prevent this from happening?