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Automatically insert current date
I am following the help menu steps to "automatically insert the current date"
in a Word document, however the program will not automatically insert the date. I don't want the date to change each time the document is revised. I just want to begin typing the date and have it automatically populate the remainder of the date to match today's date like it is described in the Help feature. |
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Automatically insert current date
This AutoComplete action has been flaky for the past few versions.
Typically, you can get the day, then the month, but if you accept AutoComplete on the month, that's it. If you type the month and begin typing the date, Word will suggest the entire entry, but by that time you've already done most of the work yourself. Worse still, many users find that after they've typed the entire date, Word will suggest an AutoComplete to add date details in an unwanted format. So this is really not a viable option (despite what Help says). The alternative (other than just to type the date out in full manually) is to select a default date format from Insert | Date and Time and use Alt+Shift+D to insert it. It *will* be inserted as a DATE field (regardless of the "Update automatically" setting in the dialog), so if you don't want it to update, either press Ctrl+Shift+F9 immediately to unlink it or press Alt+F9 and change DATE to CREATEDATE. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "D Byler" D wrote in message ... I am following the help menu steps to "automatically insert the current date" in a Word document, however the program will not automatically insert the date. I don't want the date to change each time the document is revised. I just want to begin typing the date and have it automatically populate the remainder of the date to match today's date like it is described in the Help feature. |
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Automatically insert current date
If you don't want he document updating the dates, you really should use the
CreateDate field. Insert QuickpartsFieldCreateDatechoose the format and click OK. -- Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP "D Byler" D wrote in message ... I am following the help menu steps to "automatically insert the current date" in a Word document, however the program will not automatically insert the date. I don't want the date to change each time the document is revised. I just want to begin typing the date and have it automatically populate the remainder of the date to match today's date like it is described in the Help feature. |
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Better still, save the CreateDate as an AutoText entry and assign a shortcut
key. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Terry Farrell" wrote in message ... If you don't want he document updating the dates, you really should use the CreateDate field. Insert QuickpartsFieldCreateDatechoose the format and click OK. -- Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP "D Byler" D wrote in message ... I am following the help menu steps to "automatically insert the current date" in a Word document, however the program will not automatically insert the date. I don't want the date to change each time the document is revised. I just want to begin typing the date and have it automatically populate the remainder of the date to match today's date like it is described in the Help feature. |
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Automatically insert current date
Thanks!
Denise "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Better still, save the CreateDate as an AutoText entry and assign a shortcut key. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Terry Farrell" wrote in message ... If you don't want he document updating the dates, you really should use the CreateDate field. Insert QuickpartsFieldCreateDatechoose the format and click OK. -- Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP "D Byler" D wrote in message ... I am following the help menu steps to "automatically insert the current date" in a Word document, however the program will not automatically insert the date. I don't want the date to change each time the document is revised. I just want to begin typing the date and have it automatically populate the remainder of the date to match today's date like it is described in the Help feature. |
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