date automatically changing

[tonymccann]

I have seen some correspondance on this subject but I don't understan
the answers

I create documents using 'blank document' option

If I create a letter then file it, i require the date to stay the sam
when I reopen it - not change to today's date

How do I do this - If I have to change the template for the blan
document how do i do thi

 

[PTT, Inc.]

Open your "blank template", right-click where the date goes and click on
"Toggle Field Codes". Add the word "CREATE" before the word "DATE". That
makes the field stay the same date instead of changing. Right-click after
adding the word and select "Toggle Field Codes" to return to the actual
date. Save your template, close it out, then create a new document based on
that template.

Check out this link for more info:

http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/TblsFldsFms/DateFields.htm

Bill Foley
www.pttinc.com

 

[macropod]

Hi,

What you have is probably a simple DATE field. If you
select the date and press Shift-F9, you'll probably see
something like:
{DATE}
or
{DATE \@ "MMM d, yyyy}
or DATE with various other types of switches that control
the formatting.

What you need to do is to change DATE to CREATEDATE, or
SAVEDATE or PRINTDATE, depending on which of these you
would like to use to control what date appears. Check out
Word's help file for more details.

When you're done, press F9 to update the field.

Cheers