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Mail Merge Date field
Hello,
For some templates which I merge I have a problem with the date field. I need to insert a date field of today automatically and when saved and print this date should stay the same when I reopen the document. How can I make this possible. I tried Saveddate, Createdate, but that doesn´t work. Can anyone help me out quickly? Ruud van Buren |
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You haven't indicated why the Savedate or Createdate fields do not work.
However, if you just use a Date field and then before merging the document, you select the field and then press Ctrl+Shift+F9, the field will be converted to ordinary text and hence will not change. -- Hope this helps. Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my services on a paid consulting basis. Doug Robbins - Word MVP "Ruud van Buren" wrote in message ... Hello, For some templates which I merge I have a problem with the date field. I need to insert a date field of today automatically and when saved and print this date should stay the same when I reopen the document. How can I make this possible. I tried Saveddate, Createdate, but that doesn´t work. Can anyone help me out quickly? Ruud van Buren |
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Hi Doug,
What I need to have is this: I have a template where a date is in. This must be the date of creating the merge document from that template. When it is merged the datefield should be converted to ordinary text, because it is saved in a CRM system and when they want to look into the document they need not see the current date, but the date of the merge. I tried to use Createdate, but than the date of creation of the template shows up all the time. The Savedate won´t work either. When I reopen it the last save date of the template is shown. Any ideas? Ruud "Doug Robbins" schreef in bericht ... You haven't indicated why the Savedate or Createdate fields do not work. However, if you just use a Date field and then before merging the document, you select the field and then press Ctrl+Shift+F9, the field will be converted to ordinary text and hence will not change. -- Hope this helps. Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my services on a paid consulting basis. Doug Robbins - Word MVP "Ruud van Buren" wrote in message ... Hello, For some templates which I merge I have a problem with the date field. I need to insert a date field of today automatically and when saved and print this date should stay the same when I reopen the document. How can I make this possible. I tried Saveddate, Createdate, but that doesn´t work. Can anyone help me out quickly? Ruud van Buren |
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The createdate field in a template is the creation date of the template.
Merge to a new document and the createdate in that document is the date the *document* was created. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Ruud van Buren wrote: Hi Doug, What I need to have is this: I have a template where a date is in. This must be the date of creating the merge document from that template. When it is merged the datefield should be converted to ordinary text, because it is saved in a CRM system and when they want to look into the document they need not see the current date, but the date of the merge. I tried to use Createdate, but than the date of creation of the template shows up all the time. The Savedate won´t work either. When I reopen it the last save date of the template is shown. Any ideas? Ruud "Doug Robbins" schreef in bericht ... You haven't indicated why the Savedate or Createdate fields do not work. However, if you just use a Date field and then before merging the document, you select the field and then press Ctrl+Shift+F9, the field will be converted to ordinary text and hence will not change. -- Hope this helps. Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my services on a paid consulting basis. Doug Robbins - Word MVP "Ruud van Buren" wrote in message ... Hello, For some templates which I merge I have a problem with the date field. I need to insert a date field of today automatically and when saved and print this date should stay the same when I reopen the document. How can I make this possible. I tried Saveddate, Createdate, but that doesn´t work. Can anyone help me out quickly? Ruud van Buren |
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