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Document Creation Date
I received a MS Word 2003 document as an attachment to an e-mail. When I
saved it it showed the"date created" as the date I saved it. Is there any way that I can determine the date and time the document was actually created by the author? Thanks |
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Document Creation Date
Insert a CreateDate field with the appropriate date/time formatting.
-- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. Bob Bossi wrote: I received a MS Word 2003 document as an attachment to an e-mail. When I saved it it showed the"date created" as the date I saved it. Is there any way that I can determine the date and time the document was actually created by the author? Thanks |
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That may still show the date the attachment was saved on your computer,
though. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "Jay Freedman" wrote in message ... Insert a CreateDate field with the appropriate date/time formatting. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. Bob Bossi wrote: I received a MS Word 2003 document as an attachment to an e-mail. When I saved it it showed the"date created" as the date I saved it. Is there any way that I can determine the date and time the document was actually created by the author? Thanks |
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I think that depends on how it was saved. Word's internal "creation
date" won't be reset if the attachment was simply saved from the email to a file. If the attachment was opened in Word and saved by Word to a file, then it would show that date. (Another good reason not to open attachments directly.) On Mon, 25 Jan 2010 17:59:54 -0600, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: That may still show the date the attachment was saved on your computer, though. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "Jay Freedman" wrote in message ... Insert a CreateDate field with the appropriate date/time formatting. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. Bob Bossi wrote: I received a MS Word 2003 document as an attachment to an e-mail. When I saved it it showed the"date created" as the date I saved it. Is there any way that I can determine the date and time the document was actually created by the author? Thanks |
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Good point.
-- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "Jay Freedman" wrote in message ... I think that depends on how it was saved. Word's internal "creation date" won't be reset if the attachment was simply saved from the email to a file. If the attachment was opened in Word and saved by Word to a file, then it would show that date. (Another good reason not to open attachments directly.) On Mon, 25 Jan 2010 17:59:54 -0600, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: That may still show the date the attachment was saved on your computer, though. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "Jay Freedman" wrote in message ... Insert a CreateDate field with the appropriate date/time formatting. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. Bob Bossi wrote: I received a MS Word 2003 document as an attachment to an e-mail. When I saved it it showed the"date created" as the date I saved it. Is there any way that I can determine the date and time the document was actually created by the author? Thanks |
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That is exactly the solution. If I open the attachment with Word, I can
find the actual create date. If I save the attachment then the create date changes to the date/time that I saved it. Thanks for the help. "Jay Freedman" wrote in message ... I think that depends on how it was saved. Word's internal "creation date" won't be reset if the attachment was simply saved from the email to a file. If the attachment was opened in Word and saved by Word to a file, then it would show that date. (Another good reason not to open attachments directly.) On Mon, 25 Jan 2010 17:59:54 -0600, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: That may still show the date the attachment was saved on your computer, though. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "Jay Freedman" wrote in message ... Insert a CreateDate field with the appropriate date/time formatting. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. Bob Bossi wrote: I received a MS Word 2003 document as an attachment to an e-mail. When I saved it it showed the"date created" as the date I saved it. Is there any way that I can determine the date and time the document was actually created by the author? Thanks |
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