Each time I open a previously saved Word document the date and times in the
document up dates to the present date. How do I stop this.

Open the document and press Alt+F9 to display field codes. You'll find
that your date is in fact a DATE or TIME field, something like this:
{ DATE \@ "M/d/yy" }. Replace the DATE or TIME part with CREATEDATE,
and then press F9. Press Alt+F9 again to show the field result.
CREATEDATE, unlike DATE and TIME fields, will show the date the
document was created. As a next step, you can include the CREATEDATE
field in a template, which will give you the correct date for
documents based on that template. Alternatively, make sure to type in
the date as you create a document.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"Robert Diggs" wrote in message
...
Each time I open a previously saved Word document the date and times
in the
document up dates to the present date. How do I stop this.

Hi Robert,

Your description indicates your document has a DATE field in it. These are
designed to update automatically. You could lock it, via Ctrl-F11, but that
doesn't get you back to the original date.

Other possibilities are to use a CREATEDATE field or a PRINTDATE field
instead. The CREATEDATE field shows when the document was first created, or
last saved via Save-As, and the PRINTDATE field shows when the document was
last printed. You can change the date field to either of these by selecting
it, pressing Shift-F9 to expose the field code and changing 'DATE' to
'CREATEDATE' or 'PRINTDATE'.

There's another date field, 'SAVEDATE', which shows when a document was last
saved, but that probably won't help here (unless you want to temporarily
show when the document was last saved), as changing the existing field
changes the document and you can't save the change without the 'SAVEDATE'
updating ...

Cheers

--
macropod
[MVP - Microsoft Word]


"Robert Diggs" Robert wrote in message
...
Each time I open a previously saved Word document the date and times in
the
document up dates to the present date. How do I stop this.

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.

--

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!

My criminal defense lawyer site: http://addbalance.com.
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"Robert Diggs" Robert wrote in message
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Each time I open a previously saved Word document the date and times in
the
document up dates to the present date. How do I stop this.

Thankyou "macropod" your answer was very helpful
Robert

"macropod" wrote:

Hi Robert,

Your description indicates your document has a DATE field in it. These are
designed to update automatically. You could lock it, via Ctrl-F11, but that
doesn't get you back to the original date.

Other possibilities are to use a CREATEDATE field or a PRINTDATE field
instead. The CREATEDATE field shows when the document was first created, or
last saved via Save-As, and the PRINTDATE field shows when the document was
last printed. You can change the date field to either of these by selecting
it, pressing Shift-F9 to expose the field code and changing 'DATE' to
'CREATEDATE' or 'PRINTDATE'.

There's another date field, 'SAVEDATE', which shows when a document was last
saved, but that probably won't help here (unless you want to temporarily
show when the document was last saved), as changing the existing field
changes the document and you can't save the change without the 'SAVEDATE'
updating ...

Cheers

--
macropod
[MVP - Microsoft Word]


"Robert Diggs" Robert wrote in message
...
Each time I open a previously saved Word document the date and times in
the
document up dates to the present date. How do I stop this.

Thankyou Stefan your answer was very helpful
robert

"Stefan Blom" wrote:

Open the document and press Alt+F9 to display field codes. You'll find
that your date is in fact a DATE or TIME field, something like this:
{ DATE \@ "M/d/yy" }. Replace the DATE or TIME part with CREATEDATE,
and then press F9. Press Alt+F9 again to show the field result.
CREATEDATE, unlike DATE and TIME fields, will show the date the
document was created. As a next step, you can include the CREATEDATE
field in a template, which will give you the correct date for
documents based on that template. Alternatively, make sure to type in
the date as you create a document.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"Robert Diggs" wrote in message
...
Each time I open a previously saved Word document the date and times
in the
document up dates to the present date. How do I stop this.

Thankyou Charles your answer was very helpful
Robert

"Charles Kenyon" wrote:

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.

--

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!

My criminal defense lawyer site: http://addbalance.com.
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"Robert Diggs" Robert wrote in message
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Each time I open a previously saved Word document the date and times in
the
document up dates to the present date. How do I stop this.

Glad I could help.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"Robert Diggs" wrote in message
...
Thankyou Stefan your answer was very helpful
robert

"Stefan Blom" wrote:

Open the document and press Alt+F9 to display field codes. You'll
find
that your date is in fact a DATE or TIME field, something like
this:
{ DATE \@ "M/d/yy" }. Replace the DATE or TIME part with
CREATEDATE,
and then press F9. Press Alt+F9 again to show the field result.
CREATEDATE, unlike DATE and TIME fields, will show the date the
document was created. As a next step, you can include the
CREATEDATE
field in a template, which will give you the correct date for
documents based on that template. Alternatively, make sure to type
in
the date as you create a document.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"Robert Diggs" wrote in message
...
Each time I open a previously saved Word document the date and
times
in the
document up dates to the present date. How do I stop this.

You are welcome.
--
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!

My criminal defense site: http://addbalance.com
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"Robert Diggs" wrote in message
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Thankyou Charles your answer was very helpful
Robert

"Charles Kenyon" wrote:

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.

--

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!

My criminal defense lawyer site: http://addbalance.com.
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"Robert Diggs" Robert wrote in message
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Each time I open a previously saved Word document the date and times in
the
document up dates to the present date. How do I stop this.