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Insert Date of Creation
Dear Folks,
I'm attempting to use Auto Text to create a start for letters, utilizing the margins of our letterhead. As part of that project, I would like to include a macro that shows the date the letter was created, whereby the date does not change if the file is opened a week or a year from the date of creation. I'm struggling since if I use Today's Date, then the date shows today's date in the future, rather than the date of creation. Any help? thanks |
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You need to create a template for the letter and use the CREATEDATE
field. Then each letter created from the template will hold the date that letter was created. See this TechTrax article for details... Creating Your Own Letterhead http://pubs.logicalexpressions.com/P...cle.asp?ID=515 Dian D. Chapman, Technical Consultant Microsoft MVP, MOS Certified Editor/TechTrax Ezine Free MS Tutorials: http://www.mousetrax.com/techtrax Free Word eBook: http://www.mousetrax.com/books.html Optimize your business docs: http://www.mousetrax.com/consulting Learn VBA the easy way: http://www.mousetrax.com/techcourses.html On Tue, 3 May 2005 12:47:23 -0500, "BadgerWI" wrote: Dear Folks, I'm attempting to use Auto Text to create a start for letters, utilizing the margins of our letterhead. As part of that project, I would like to include a macro that shows the date the letter was created, whereby the date does not change if the file is opened a week or a year from the date of creation. I'm struggling since if I use Today's Date, then the date shows today's date in the future, rather than the date of creation. Any help? thanks |
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This doesn't take a macro. Put a CreateDate field in your template where you
want the date. 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://www.mvps.org/word 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. "BadgerWI" wrote in message ... Dear Folks, I'm attempting to use Auto Text to create a start for letters, utilizing the margins of our letterhead. As part of that project, I would like to include a macro that shows the date the letter was created, whereby the date does not change if the file is opened a week or a year from the date of creation. I'm struggling since if I use Today's Date, then the date shows today's date in the future, rather than the date of creation. Any help? thanks |
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Thanks,
I'll take a look "Dian D. Chapman, MVP" wrote in message ... You need to create a template for the letter and use the CREATEDATE field. Then each letter created from the template will hold the date that letter was created. See this TechTrax article for details... Creating Your Own Letterhead http://pubs.logicalexpressions.com/P...cle.asp?ID=515 Dian D. Chapman, Technical Consultant Microsoft MVP, MOS Certified Editor/TechTrax Ezine Free MS Tutorials: http://www.mousetrax.com/techtrax Free Word eBook: http://www.mousetrax.com/books.html Optimize your business docs: http://www.mousetrax.com/consulting Learn VBA the easy way: http://www.mousetrax.com/techcourses.html On Tue, 3 May 2005 12:47:23 -0500, "BadgerWI" wrote: Dear Folks, I'm attempting to use Auto Text to create a start for letters, utilizing the margins of our letterhead. As part of that project, I would like to include a macro that shows the date the letter was created, whereby the date does not change if the file is opened a week or a year from the date of creation. I'm struggling since if I use Today's Date, then the date shows today's date in the future, rather than the date of creation. Any help? thanks |
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