It shouldn't be necessary to use the Insert | Field dialog, however, if the
template contains a DATE field (as it evidently does); it can be manually
edited to CREATEDATE (Alt+F9 to view the field code).
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Adam
Not that I am aware of: it should be the same as everyone else's Word.
However, have you turned off those horrible 'adaptive menus'? This
ridiculous 'feature' has finally had its day in Word 2007 - about 10 years
too late!
Right-click on any menu and select Customize. Check the box to Always Show
Full Menus. Do you see Insert, Fields now?
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I am using student edition for mac. At [insert] there is no insert
fields?? Is this because it is a basic version?
Adam McLean wrote:
How do I stop the date inserted in a template from updating when the
document created from the template is stored and printed later?
EG:
I have created a template with my letter head etc. I also have
included in the template [insert] date and time. Update automatically
is not ticked.
When I open a new document using this template the correct date is
entered into the document. No problems.
When I store it or send it to clients the date remains as the original
date that I sent the letter. This is all good.
When I or my clients open the document sometime later (weeks months
years etc) the date remains as the original date that I sent the
letter. This is what I want and is all good.
My problem is when I (or my clients) open the document some time later
and then print it the date is updated and the date that is printed is
the date the letter was printed not created! This is not what I want.
I print out a 6 month old letter and it show the current date not when
I sent it.
How do I stop the date from automatically updating.