I have a letter that I reuse saved in my word and everytime I save it with
the current date on it, but when i later bring it up it automatically puts
the current date in the date field. I have tried looking everywhere and they
all tell me how to update it automatically to keep the date current on the
document. But I don't want it to update. I need it to save the date the
letter was created. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I'm sure it is
something very easy to do but I can't figure it out.

You are using a DATE or TIME field rather than a CREATEDATE field. This
field should be put in the original template if possible (instead of
inserting using the keyboard shortcut or header/footer toolbar button).

In the document in question, press Alt-F9 to display field codes. Then
change the field to a CREATEDATE field, press F9 and then Alt-F9.

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://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome!
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I have a letter that I reuse saved in my word and everytime I save it with
the current date on it, but when i later bring it up it automatically puts
the current date in the date field. I have tried looking everywhere and
they
all tell me how to update it automatically to keep the date current on the
document. But I don't want it to update. I need it to save the date the
letter was created. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I'm sure it is
something very easy to do but I can't figure it out.

And this should be in a document template, not in a "saved document" used as
a de facto template.

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Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"Charles Kenyon" wrote in message
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You are using a DATE or TIME field rather than a CREATEDATE field. This
field should be put in the original template if possible (instead of
inserting using the keyboard shortcut or header/footer toolbar button).

In the document in question, press Alt-F9 to display field codes. Then
change the field to a CREATEDATE field, press F9 and then Alt-F9.

See http://addbalance.com/word/datefields1.htm for information on the
different kinds of datefields and how to format them.

--

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://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome!
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"tteener" wrote in message
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I have a letter that I reuse saved in my word and everytime I save it
with
the current date on it, but when i later bring it up it automatically
puts
the current date in the date field. I have tried looking everywhere and
they
all tell me how to update it automatically to keep the date current on
the
document. But I don't want it to update. I need it to save the date
the
letter was created. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I'm sure it
is
something very easy to do but I can't figure it out.