[zyzzyva]

How do I set up in a doc a Date Field that will always return this date one
month ago

For example,

21 November 2009

instead of

21 December 2009

[Terry Farrell]

Instead of inserting the Date field, you need to insert the CreateDate
field. If you store the CreateDate field in your template and then open a
new document from the template, it will always display the date you created
the new document.

Meanwhile, if you select the Date field and press Shift+F9, it will display
the fieldcode behind. Change DATE to CREATEDATE and then use Shift+F9 to
display the field result again. It will then display the date you created
the document.

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Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP

"zyzzyva" wrote in message
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How do I set up in a doc a Date Field that will always return this date
one
month ago

For example,

21 November 2009

instead of

21 December 2009

[Stefan Blom[_3_]]

See http://www.gmayor.com/insert_a_date_...than_today.htm.

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Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP



"zyzzyva" wrote in message
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How do I set up in a doc a Date Field that will always return this date
one
month ago

For example,

21 November 2009

instead of

21 December 2009

[macropod[_2_]]

Hi zyzzyva,

To see how to do this and just about everything else you might want to do with dates in Word, check out my Word Date Calculation
Tutorial, at:
http://lounge.windowssecrets.com/ind...owtopic=249902
or
http://www.gmayor.com/downloads.htm#Third_party
In particular, look at the item titled 'Calculate a day, date, month and year, using n months delay'.

Do read the document's introductory material.

--
Cheers
macropod
[Microsoft MVP - Word]


"zyzzyva" wrote in message ...

How do I set up in a doc a Date Field that will always return this date one
month ago

For example,

21 November 2009

instead of

21 December 2009