I want to save a word template with code in the footer to date stamp with
the current date when a new doc is created from the template. But I want to
keep that original creation date static - not update on each open. I thought
it would be this:
{ DATE \@ "m/d/yyyy" }
But I have discovered via testing I am wrong.
Help? I'm not very savvy with code and programming.
Thx,
-Monica

You're close. :-) In the field code, change DATE to CREATEDATE and
update the field.

In the template itself, the CREATEDATE field will show the date the
template itself was created. In documents based on the template, it
will show the date the document was created.

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On Tue, 20 Jun 2006 17:12:56 -0400, "mdavison"
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I want to save a word template with code in the footer to date stamp with
the current date when a new doc is created from the template. But I want to
keep that original creation date static - not update on each open. I thought
it would be this:
{ DATE \@ "m/d/yyyy" }
But I have discovered via testing I am wrong.
Help? I'm not very savvy with code and programming.
Thx,
-Monica

You are using a DATE 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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I want to save a word template with code in the footer to date stamp with
the current date when a new doc is created from the template. But I want
to
keep that original creation date static - not update on each open. I
thought
it would be this:
{ DATE \@ "m/d/yyyy" }
But I have discovered via testing I am wrong.
Help? I'm not very savvy with code and programming.
Thx,
-Monica

Thank you both!

"mdavison" wrote in message
...
I want to save a word template with code in the footer to date stamp with
the current date when a new doc is created from the template. But I want
to
keep that original creation date static - not update on each open. I
thought
it would be this:
{ DATE \@ "m/d/yyyy" }
But I have discovered via testing I am wrong.
Help? I'm not very savvy with code and programming.
Thx,
-Monica