I need to insert a date in an autotext letterhead without it updating every
time the document is opened. It needs to retain the original creation date.

Sharon J wrote:
I need to insert a date in an autotext letterhead without it updating
every time the document is opened. It needs to retain the original
creation date.

You almost got the wording exactly. Assuming you already have a Date field
in the letterhead, right-click it and select Toggle Field Codes. Change the
word DATE in the field code to CREATEDATE. Right-click again and select
Update Field. Now make your autotext entry from the letterhead text.

For more useful information, see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFldsFms/DateFields.htm and
http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/wordfaqs/Letterhead.htm.

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Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org

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.

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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!
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I need to insert a date in an autotext letterhead without it updating every
time the document is opened. It needs to retain the original creation
date.