[Mark]

Hi
We are running WinXP SP2 and Office 2003 SP2.

Our Quality staff have created templates with a createdate field in the
footer of documents. While these are named for example, Version Control.dot,
whenever we open the template the createdate field is updated to todays date.
However as soon as we name this template normal.dot and copy to default
location in user profile, whenever we now open Word the document has the
original date that the template was created and not todays date.
Further, if we then save the document the field does not look as if it is
updated - you need to go into Print Preview (when the new date does show) or
print it. is there any way this can be fixed is that just the way it is.

Thanks
Mark

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

The purpose of the createdate field is to insert the date of the day upon
which a new document was created from the template. For the purpose that
they want the date to serve, they should just type the date in as text.

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"Mark" wrote in message
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Hi
We are running WinXP SP2 and Office 2003 SP2.

Our Quality staff have created templates with a createdate field in the
footer of documents. While these are named for example, Version
Control.dot,
whenever we open the template the createdate field is updated to todays
date.
However as soon as we name this template normal.dot and copy to default
location in user profile, whenever we now open Word the document has the
original date that the template was created and not todays date.
Further, if we then save the document the field does not look as if it is
updated - you need to go into Print Preview (when the new date does show)
or
print it. is there any way this can be fixed is that just the way it is.

Thanks
Mark

[Graham Mayor]

You cannot create normal.dot in this way. Normal.dot can only be created by
Word, which it will do automatically if it doesn't exist. It is not wise to
put footer text in normal.dot (or to use a footer of any type in normal.dot)
as it will have knock on effects. e.g. you will not be able to create
labels.

The creation date of a template is irrelevant to the documents produced from
it. The createdate field will show in the documents the date the document
was created. The createdate field on the *template* will always show the
date the template was created.

The idea of a template is that you create new documents from it. These new
documents will already have the date correctly updated. The only way to
change that date is to subsequently use File Saveas - which will then
update the field to that date - however then the field may not automatically
update.

Why do they call your IT staff 'quality staff' when clearly 'quality' is the
main thing they lack? Clearly someone needs some training in the use of
templates.

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Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org


Mark wrote:
Hi
We are running WinXP SP2 and Office 2003 SP2.

Our Quality staff have created templates with a createdate field in
the footer of documents. While these are named for example, Version
Control.dot, whenever we open the template the createdate field is
updated to todays date. However as soon as we name this template
normal.dot and copy to default location in user profile, whenever we
now open Word the document has the original date that the template
was created and not todays date.
Further, if we then save the document the field does not look as if
it is updated - you need to go into Print Preview (when the new date
does show) or print it. is there any way this can be fixed is that
just the way it is.

Thanks
Mark