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Making a template that puts the current date in the document so thatdoes NOT change
I'd like to make a template that sets up some standard headers and
formatting for new Word documents for a night school course I'm enrolled in. Among other requirements for all papers is to put the date the paper was created at the top. I'd furthermore like it so that if I need to reopen the document after creating it to say print another copy, the date written at the top will not change. In other words, when I create a new document using the template the current date is put near the top, but when I subsequently open the file for editing or reprinting it does NOT automatically update the date to the current one, but remains at the creation date for the file, not the template the file was made from. Is this possible? I'm primarily using Word 2003 although I'm probably also going to be starting several documents with Word 2007 by loading the template from a thumb drive, then trying to finish them a few days later in Word 2003, and I intend to create the template in Word 2003. I know how to get the template to create documents that automatically update the date every time I open the file, how do I get it to do it only once, when opening the .DOT template so that it does NOT update when I open the subsequent .DOC file? |
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Making a template that puts the current date in the document so thatdoes NOT change
The CreateData field should suit your purpose.
Pam SlickRCBD wrote: I'd like to make a template that sets up some standard headers and formatting for new Word documents for a night school course I'm enrolled in. Among other requirements for all papers is to put the date the paper was created at the top. I'd furthermore like it so that if I need to reopen the document after creating it to say print another copy, the date written at the top will not change. In other words, when I create a new document using the template the current date is put near the top, but when I subsequently open the file for editing or reprinting it does NOT automatically update the date to the current one, but remains at the creation date for the file, not the template the file was made from. Is this possible? I'm primarily using Word 2003 although I'm probably also going to be starting several documents with Word 2007 by loading the template from a thumb drive, then trying to finish them a few days later in Word 2003, and I intend to create the template in Word 2003. I know how to get the template to create documents that automatically update the date every time I open the file, how do I get it to do it only once, when opening the .DOT template so that it does NOT update when I open the subsequent .DOC file? -- Message posted via http://www.officekb.com |
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Making a template that puts the current date in the document so that does NOT change
Correcting a typo -- it should be a CreateDate field.
An additional bit of reassurance: it works identically in Word 2003 and Word 2007. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. On Sun, 10 Jan 2010 02:22:02 GMT, "Pamelia Caswell via OfficeKB.com" u43222@uwe wrote: The CreateData field should suit your purpose. Pam SlickRCBD wrote: I'd like to make a template that sets up some standard headers and formatting for new Word documents for a night school course I'm enrolled in. Among other requirements for all papers is to put the date the paper was created at the top. I'd furthermore like it so that if I need to reopen the document after creating it to say print another copy, the date written at the top will not change. In other words, when I create a new document using the template the current date is put near the top, but when I subsequently open the file for editing or reprinting it does NOT automatically update the date to the current one, but remains at the creation date for the file, not the template the file was made from. Is this possible? I'm primarily using Word 2003 although I'm probably also going to be starting several documents with Word 2007 by loading the template from a thumb drive, then trying to finish them a few days later in Word 2003, and I intend to create the template in Word 2003. I know how to get the template to create documents that automatically update the date every time I open the file, how do I get it to do it only once, when opening the .DOT template so that it does NOT update when I open the subsequent .DOC file? |
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Making a template that puts the current date in the document sothat does NOT change
On Jan 9, 8:22 pm, "Pamelia Caswell via OfficeKB.com" u43222@uwe
wrote: The CreateData field should suit your purpose. Pam I'm unfamiliar with the tool in question. Could you please elaborate how to accomplish my goal? The first few Google search results were rather unhelpful. |
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Making a template that puts the current date in the document so that does NOT change
Insert, Field and select CreateDate. CreateDate will show the date the
template has been created, but when you open a new document from the template, it shows the date the document was created. -- Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP "SlickRCBD" wrote in message ... On Jan 9, 8:22 pm, "Pamelia Caswell via OfficeKB.com" u43222@uwe wrote: The CreateData field should suit your purpose. Pam I'm unfamiliar with the tool in question. Could you please elaborate how to accomplish my goal? The first few Google search results were rather unhelpful. |
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