[Terry Farrell]

Note the words "CREATE DATE". They mean exactly what they say: note that is
the date the field was created not the date the document was created.

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Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP

"kenppy" wrote in message
om...
This is fine in that it will correct the dates for future use.

The problem is that as soon as the document is opened the update
happens.
We need to know what the *original* date is.


The reason is that you have inserted a date field which shows the system
date. What you need to do is change those date fields for createdate
fields - ALT+F9 change { DATE } or { TIME \@ "d MMM yyyy" } to {
CREATEDATE
\@ "d MMM yyyy" } then F9 and ALT+F9 - and change the date in your
letterhead template so that future letters based on it show the correct
dates. The switch \@ "d MMM yyyy" may be different at your location.