Have a form letter template with most text protected except for certain
fields. Also has Date field code at top so when form letter is completed and
printed, it has current date at top automatically.

This works fine in Word 2003 and Word 2000, but Date field does not
auto-update in Word 2002 (XP). All versions running within company.

Ideas?

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Have a form letter template with most text protected except for certain
fields. Also has Date field code at top so when form letter is completed and
printed, it has current date at top automatically.

This works fine in Word 2003 and Word 2000, but Date field does not
auto-update in Word 2002 (XP). All versions running within company.

How about if you replace the Date field with a form field (not enabled), that
displays the current date? Does that update properly?

Or, have you made sure to activate the "Calculate on Exit" checkbox in some of
the form fields you KNOW the user will tab into and out of, to force field
updates?

Finally, check in Tools/Print/Options to make sure updating fields is activated
on the machines with Word 2000.

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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