How do you enter current date into a new document then prevent that field
from changes? I'm setting up a form w/fields and saving as template.

Patricia Lynch wrote:
How do you enter current date into a new document then prevent that
field from changes? I'm setting up a form w/fields and saving as
template.

Instead of using the Insert Date dialog, use Insert Field and select a
CreateDate field.

See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFldsFms/DateFields.htm for more info.

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

Jay - that does work depositing today's date in the field on open, but it
updates that date every time you open that document..... what I'm trying to
do is stamp the field with today's date, once, when it's opened as a new
document.... and then prevent that document's date field from changing if you
open it on another day.... the whole point of this is to permanently register
the date the document was created on the signature line of the document form.
any suggestions?

"Jay Freedman" wrote:

Patricia Lynch wrote:
How do you enter current date into a new document then prevent that
field from changes? I'm setting up a form w/fields and saving as
template.

Instead of using the Insert Date dialog, use Insert Field and select a
CreateDate field.

See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFldsFms/DateFields.htm for more info.

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

Patricia,

Hopefully you are using a template or (.dot file) to create each new
document. If that is the case, don't supply a formfield for the date.
Use a {CreateDate} field in the template. The date "deposited" will be
the date the document was created. If you create one today and open it
next week it will still show today's date.

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.

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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://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome!
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"Patricia Lynch" Patricia wrote in message
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How do you enter current date into a new document then prevent that field
from changes? I'm setting up a form w/fields and saving as template.

The CreateDate field, no matter how often you "update" it, will not change
the date unless you Save As.

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"Patricia Lynch" wrote in message
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Jay - that does work depositing today's date in the field on open, but
it
updates that date every time you open that document..... what I'm trying
to
do is stamp the field with today's date, once, when it's opened as a new
document.... and then prevent that document's date field from changing if
you
open it on another day.... the whole point of this is to permanently
register
the date the document was created on the signature line of the document
form.
any suggestions?

"Jay Freedman" wrote:

Patricia Lynch wrote:
How do you enter current date into a new document then prevent that
field from changes? I'm setting up a form w/fields and saving as
template.

Instead of using the Insert Date dialog, use Insert Field and select
a
CreateDate field.

See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFldsFms/DateFields.htm for more info.

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