I don't use Word all that much and this may be a basic question.

If there a way that I can insert a date in a Word document so that
everytime it opens it will automatically show todays date rather than
having to update the date manually.

Excel has an =Today function that does this, and I wonder does Word
have an equivalent command.

I'm using Word 2000

Yes, you can, with the Date field. However, you would probably be better
served by creating a template with a CreateDate field in it. Then use that
template as the basis for your new documents (File New). That way, the
date in the new document will always be the date on which you create it.
(When you reopen it two months later it will show the date you wrote it).
See http://addbalance.com/word/datefields1.htm for information on the
different kinds of datefields and how to format them.

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Charles Kenyon

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Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome!
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I don't use Word all that much and this may be a basic question.

If there a way that I can insert a date in a Word document so that
everytime it opens it will automatically show todays date rather than
having to update the date manually.

Excel has an =Today function that does this, and I wonder does Word
have an equivalent command.

I'm using Word 2000

Alt+Shift+D will insert a DATE field in the document in the format you have
selected as the default in the Insert | Date and Time dialog. This field,
however, will update every time you open the document, which is probably not
what you want. As others have suggested, a CreateDate field is more
appropriate. See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFldsFms/DateFields.htm

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I don't use Word all that much and this may be a basic question.

If there a way that I can insert a date in a Word document so that
everytime it opens it will automatically show todays date rather than
having to update the date manually.

Excel has an =Today function that does this, and I wonder does Word
have an equivalent command.

I'm using Word 2000