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Word 2007 automatically changes dates in documentsq
I use Office 2007 to do some basic typing work such as invoicing, and will often type up a batch of letters 2/3 days early and print and send them when appropriate. The trouble I'm having is if I put a date in a document to signify when it was typed, save the file and exit out, opening it the next day automatically updates the date to that days. This only stops happening once it's been sent to print. The reason it becomes an issue is that some documents don't get printed, and we need the dates to stay in tact so we know which work period the document relates to. Is there a way to turn this feature off at all? -- arsenalfc |
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Word 2007 automatically changes dates in documentsq
The dates are changing because you're inserting them as DATE fields (I
assume you're using the keyboard shortcut Alt+Shift+D). One thing you can do is to insert the date as plain text instead of a field -- use the Insert Date & Time dialog, and don't check the box for "Update automatically". You can edit the plain text to show whatever date is correct when you print the document. The other thing you can do is insert the DATE field as you do now, but change it to plain text on the day you print. To do that, click on the date and press Ctrl+Shift+F9. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. On Tue, 20 Mar 2007 10:03:34 +0000, arsenalfc wrote: I use Office 2007 to do some basic typing work such as invoicing, and will often type up a batch of letters 2/3 days early and print and send them when appropriate. The trouble I'm having is if I put a date in a document to signify when it was typed, save the file and exit out, opening it the next day automatically updates the date to that days. This only stops happening once it's been sent to print. The reason it becomes an issue is that some documents don't get printed, and we need the dates to stay in tact so we know which work period the document relates to. Is there a way to turn this feature off at all? |
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