The check box in the Insert | Date and Time dialog affects only the dates
you enter from that dialog now, not dates inserted previously. Any date
inserted with the box checked (or using the Insert Date button on the Header
and Footer toolbar or the Alt+Shift+D shortcut) will be inserted as a DATE
field. What you want is a CREATEDATE field.

Press Alt+F9 to display the field code, and change DATE (or TIME) to
CREATEDATE. Press Alt+F9 again, then F9 to update the field. It is a good
idea to insert a CreateDate field in letter templates and the like to save
you from having to insert the date manually.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"mike" wrote in message
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When I open a document that I had created a day, week or month ago the
date
changes to the current date. I have turned off the automatic date update
in
"insert date and time" box under "insert" and it continues. It is quite
agrevating.

Please provide an answer in laymens terms. Thank you.