Help with date changing when reopening a doc

[Brandon]

MS Office 2000, specifically in Word.
I compose a dated letter or memo letter. If I open it again say a week
later, the date changes to the current date. This makes it difficult to
print all these at a later time, but still have the date on which they were
sent or posted.
Is there a setting that I can change that will force any document created to
retain the original date ( typed within the body obviously) inserted?

Thanks
Brandon

 

[Hilary Ostrov]

MS Office 2000, specifically in Word.
I compose a dated letter or memo letter. If I open it again say a week
later, the date changes to the current date. This makes it difficult to
print all these at a later time, but still have the date on which they were
sent or posted.
Is there a setting that I can change that will force any document created to
retain the original date ( typed within the body obviously) inserted?

Instead of using Insert->Date, use Insert->Field->Date and
Time->CreateDate (or SaveDate, or PrintDate). Use Options to select
the date format you prefer.

hro

 

[Barry Schwarz]

Change the field in question from current date to creation date.

MS Office 2000, specifically in Word.
I compose a dated letter or memo letter. If I open it again say a week
later, the date changes to the current date. This makes it difficult to
print all these at a later time, but still have the date on which they were
sent or posted.
Is there a setting that I can change that will force any document created to
retain the original date ( typed within the body obviously) inserted?

Thanks
Brandon

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