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Date Time Field that auto updates - Merge Documents
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I have a document with a date time field that auto updates to the current date when generated - I use the Mail merge feature. Once I have generated the mail merge document I store this document on my harddrive, but when I open up the document again for a reprint/view the date also updates.. I would like to field to only populate on the initial generation of the document and not on any other subsequent times that I open the document. Please let me know if this is possible. Thank you. |
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You are using a DATE or TIME field rather than a CREATEDATE field. This
field should be put in the original template if possible (instead of inserting using the keyboard shortcut or header/footer toolbar button). In the document in question, press Alt-F9 to display field codes. Then change the field to a CREATEDATE field, press F9 and then Alt-F9. See http://addbalance.com/word/datefields1.htm for information on the different kinds of datefields and how to format them. -- Charles Kenyon Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word 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! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "niv" wrote in message news Hello, I have a document with a date time field that auto updates to the current date when generated - I use the Mail merge feature. Once I have generated the mail merge document I store this document on my harddrive, but when I open up the document again for a reprint/view the date also updates.. I would like to field to only populate on the initial generation of the document and not on any other subsequent times that I open the document. Please let me know if this is possible. Thank you. |
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