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I use Word and Excel to create my invoices. What I need to do is, once the
document is saved, to NOT have it updated when ever I update excel and then
open the document again. I need to show the info as it was at the time
service was performed. How can I prevent the feilds from being refreshed?

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Bruce


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Best thing to do is to convert the document to a .pdf file. Check out
PrimoPDF for a free converter.

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I use Word and Excel to create my invoices. What I need to do is, once the
document is saved, to NOT have it updated when ever I update excel and then
open the document again. I need to show the info as it was at the time
service was performed. How can I prevent the feilds from being refreshed?

Thanks
Bruce




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Break the link with Excel - CTRL+A then CTRL+SHIFT+F9
or by macro

Sub BreakLink()
Selection.WholeStory
Selection.Fields.Unlink
End Sub

You could incorporate this in the file save routine in your invoice template

Sub FileSave()
Selection.WholeStory
Selection.Fields.Unlink
ActiveDocument.Save
End Sub

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Bruce wrote:
I use Word and Excel to create my invoices. What I need to do is,
once the document is saved, to NOT have it updated when ever I update
excel and then open the document again. I need to show the info as it
was at the time service was performed. How can I prevent the feilds
from being refreshed?
Thanks
Bruce



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