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Dating in documents
I use Microsoft word (2003 office) templates for writing letters and faxes.
Those documents automatically update to the current date. I like that. But. whenever I open those documents later, the date changes again to the current date. Then, I have no idea when those documents were created. That is very frustrating. Please advise me how not to change the date after saving. TIA. Craig |
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Instead of using a DATE field in your templates, use a CREATEDATE field. See
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFldsFms/DateFields.htm -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Craig" wrote in message ... I use Microsoft word (2003 office) templates for writing letters and faxes. Those documents automatically update to the current date. I like that. But. whenever I open those documents later, the date changes again to the current date. Then, I have no idea when those documents were created. That is very frustrating. Please advise me how not to change the date after saving. TIA. Craig |
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In your template, use the CreateDate field. The template will then show the
date the template was created. But when you open a new document based on the template, the CreateDate will show the date the document was created. This should never change. -- Terry Farrell - Word MVP http://word.mvps.org/ "Craig" wrote in message ... I use Microsoft word (2003 office) templates for writing letters and faxes. Those documents automatically update to the current date. I like that. But. whenever I open those documents later, the date changes again to the current date. Then, I have no idea when those documents were created. That is very frustrating. Please advise me how not to change the date after saving. TIA. Craig |
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Click on the date (which is a field) and press Ctrl-Shift-F9. That turns to
the field into regular text. Andrew "Craig" wrote: I use Microsoft word (2003 office) templates for writing letters and faxes. Those documents automatically update to the current date. I like that. But. whenever I open those documents later, the date changes again to the current date. Then, I have no idea when those documents were created. That is very frustrating. Please advise me how not to change the date after saving. TIA. Craig |
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Thank you all,
It seems that the mind boggling problem is now solved. Regards, Craig "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... Instead of using a DATE field in your templates, use a CREATEDATE field. See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFldsFms/DateFields.htm -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Craig" wrote in message ... I use Microsoft word (2003 office) templates for writing letters and faxes. Those documents automatically update to the current date. I like that. But. whenever I open those documents later, the date changes again to the current date. Then, I have no idea when those documents were created. That is very frustrating. Please advise me how not to change the date after saving. TIA. Craig |
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Hi,
I opened up Insert/Field//CreateDate and selected the top of the date formats (i.e, 11/13/2006). But it prints both date and time. How to avoid printing the time. Craig "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... Instead of using a DATE field in your templates, use a CREATEDATE field. See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFldsFms/DateFields.htm -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Craig" wrote in message ... I use Microsoft word (2003 office) templates for writing letters and faxes. Those documents automatically update to the current date. I like that. But. whenever I open those documents later, the date changes again to the current date. Then, I have no idea when those documents were created. That is very frustrating. Please advise me how not to change the date after saving. TIA. Craig |
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When inserting the field, don't hit OK right away. Hit the Options button at
the bottom of the dialog box (if you don't see it, first hit the Field Codes button). From the list, select your preferred date format and hit the Add to Field button. Click OK a couple times and you're golden. Andrew "Craig" wrote: Hi, I opened up Insert/Field//CreateDate and selected the top of the date formats (i.e, 11/13/2006). But it prints both date and time. How to avoid printing the time. Craig "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... Instead of using a DATE field in your templates, use a CREATEDATE field. See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFldsFms/DateFields.htm -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Craig" wrote in message ... I use Microsoft word (2003 office) templates for writing letters and faxes. Those documents automatically update to the current date. I like that. But. whenever I open those documents later, the date changes again to the current date. Then, I have no idea when those documents were created. That is very frustrating. Please advise me how not to change the date after saving. TIA. Craig |
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That sounds like work!
Terry "Andrew V" wrote in message news Click on the date (which is a field) and press Ctrl-Shift-F9. That turns to the field into regular text. Andrew "Craig" wrote: I use Microsoft word (2003 office) templates for writing letters and faxes. Those documents automatically update to the current date. I like that. But. whenever I open those documents later, the date changes again to the current date. Then, I have no idea when those documents were created. That is very frustrating. Please advise me how not to change the date after saving. TIA. Craig |
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