Anyone know how to set the default value of a date field to current
date?

I know I could use the currentdate field but then you can't change the
value.

I want to start with cuurent date but allow user to change it if they
want.

Keep thinking there has to be a non-vba solution.

A {DATE} field always shows the system date (the current date) of the PC ?
Maybe http://www.gmayor.com/insert_a_date_...than_today.htm is what you
had in mind?

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Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org


wrote:
Anyone know how to set the default value of a date field to current
date?

I know I could use the currentdate field but then you can't change the
value.

I want to start with cuurent date but allow user to change it if they
want.

Keep thinking there has to be a non-vba solution.

I use the CreateDate field which defaults to the date the document is
created. Since I start new documents from templates that is always today.
You can break a date field up, making it actually three fields, one each for
the day, month and year so that only the part you want to change needs to be
changed. I do this in templates where I may be creating the document on one
day but not actually sending it out until later.

http://addbalance.com/word/datefields1.htm
http://addbalance.com/word/datefields2.htm

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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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Anyone know how to set the default value of a date field to current
date?

I know I could use the currentdate field but then you can't change the
value.

I want to start with cuurent date but allow user to change it if they
want.

Keep thinking there has to be a non-vba solution.

You could use a compound field coded like:
{FILLIN "What date do you want?" \d{DATE}}

Cheers

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Anyone know how to set the default value of a date field to current
date?

I know I could use the currentdate field but then you can't change the
value.

I want to start with cuurent date but allow user to change it if they
want.

Keep thinking there has to be a non-vba solution.

Are we talking about a formfield in a protected form? Otherwise, it is
simple for someone to type over a date.
--
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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Anyone know how to set the default value of a date field to current
date?

I know I could use the currentdate field but then you can't change the
value.

I want to start with cuurent date but allow user to change it if they
want.

Keep thinking there has to be a non-vba solution.