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date field auto fill in
In word documents (business letters, specifically) previously written the
date is automatically filled in which is great. What isn't great is that when I open the letter at a later date the original date is overwritten with the current date. I'd like to turn that feature off so the original date that I wrote the letter is always shown |
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date field auto fill in
In the given documents, and (more important) in the template on which the
documents are based, press Alt+F9 to display the field code and change DATE to CREATEDATE. Then Alt+F9 to toggle back to field results and F9 to update. -- 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. "ufbcn94" wrote in message ... In word documents (business letters, specifically) previously written the date is automatically filled in which is great. What isn't great is that when I open the letter at a later date the original date is overwritten with the current date. I'd like to turn that feature off so the original date that I wrote the letter is always shown |
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date field auto fill in
Thanks, it worked perfectly in the doc I tried. Do I now have to do this for
every doc or is there a way to change it globally for all docs on my computer? "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: In the given documents, and (more important) in the template on which the documents are based, press Alt+F9 to display the field code and change DATE to CREATEDATE. Then Alt+F9 to toggle back to field results and F9 to update. -- 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. "ufbcn94" wrote in message ... In word documents (business letters, specifically) previously written the date is automatically filled in which is great. What isn't great is that when I open the letter at a later date the original date is overwritten with the current date. I'd like to turn that feature off so the original date that I wrote the letter is always shown |
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For existing documents, you will have to do it manually, but if you change
it in the document template, it will be correct in new documents you create based on that template. -- 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. "ufbcn94" wrote in message ... Thanks, it worked perfectly in the doc I tried. Do I now have to do this for every doc or is there a way to change it globally for all docs on my computer? "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: In the given documents, and (more important) in the template on which the documents are based, press Alt+F9 to display the field code and change DATE to CREATEDATE. Then Alt+F9 to toggle back to field results and F9 to update. -- 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. "ufbcn94" wrote in message ... In word documents (business letters, specifically) previously written the date is automatically filled in which is great. What isn't great is that when I open the letter at a later date the original date is overwritten with the current date. I'd like to turn that feature off so the original date that I wrote the letter is always shown |
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