Insert Time Not Updated

[Montserrat]

Hi,

g3 wallstreet pb os 9.2.2

What I want to accomplish is to insert the date and time at the cursor and
then proceed with additional date and time inserts which all remain on the
document just as I typed them. I don't want them updated so that after 4
hours all the inserts register present time. I want the inserts fixed on the
page in chronological order.

I am documenting the time I start working on a document, and the time I stop
working on it, on the pages of the document itself.


Here's what I did, thinking I'd set up my time in-time out system:
In the "Insert --> Date and Time" box I clicked "8/7/04 8:38 PM" as my
format.

I left the "Update automatically" check box unchecked.**

I inserted these times about ten times in a four hour period, and now I see
that all the inserted times have advanced to present time. They are all
telling me what time it is now.

In a blank document I have not been able to repeat what happened. All
inserts remain as written.

I inserted date & time with the "Update automatically" box both checked and
unchecked. I even closed, then opened, the document and the times did not
advance.

But they DID advance in my working document. (I'm told not to use HTML in
newsgroups, so by capitalizing I'm not screaming, I'm adding emphasis)

Any clues on how I can get my idea to work properly?

Thanks, Rafael


**In WORD HELP I'm told:
€ To insert the date and time as a field that's automatically updated when
you open or print the document, select the Update automatically check box.
€ To maintain the original date and time as static text, clear the Update
automatically check box."

 

[Elliott Roper]

Hi,

g3 wallstreet pb os 9.2.2

What I want to accomplish is to insert the date and time at the cursor and
then proceed with additional date and time inserts which all remain on the
document just as I typed them. I don't want them updated so that after 4
hours all the inserts register present time. I want the inserts fixed on the
page in chronological order.

I am documenting the time I start working on a document, and the time I stop
working on it, on the pages of the document itself.


Here's what I did, thinking I'd set up my time in-time out system:
In the "Insert --> Date and Time" box I clicked "8/7/04 8:38 PM" as my
format.

I left the "Update automatically" check box unchecked.**

I inserted these times about ten times in a four hour period, and now I see
that all the inserted times have advanced to present time. They are all
telling me what time it is now.

In a blank document I have not been able to repeat what happened. All
inserts remain as written.

I inserted date & time with the "Update automatically" box both checked and
unchecked. I even closed, then opened, the document and the times did not
advance.

But they DID advance in my working document. (I'm told not to use HTML in
newsgroups, so by capitalizing I'm not screaming, I'm adding emphasis)

Any clues on how I can get my idea to work properly?

You may be doing something to update the fields in your document
manually. e.g create table of contents ?

In v.X there is a command called LockFields whose keyboard shortcut is
cmd-3

I'd suggest you create a macro to insert the time and lock it and then
attach a keystroke to it.

Note, I have not tested any of this, except to confirm that locked
times don't update when I select them and do an UpdateFields command.

 

[Dayo Mitchell]

Are you sure? Since you can't reproduce it (neither can I, in Word 2001), I
suspect maybe it got rechecked somehow. But a macro is the way to go
anyhow, rather than click 5 different times to use the menu.

You may be doing something to update the fields in your document
manually. e.g create table of contents ?

If you Insert Date and Time with that box unchecked, it isn't even a field,
so no way it could possibly update.

In v.X there is a command called LockFields whose keyboard shortcut is
cmd-3

I'd suggest you create a macro to insert the time and lock it and then
attach a keystroke to it.

Re this suggestion, Unlinking the field (Unlink Field, which makes it plain
text) is probably more what he wants. But either would work.

Here's the macro I just recorded, Inserting Date and Time with "update"
unchecked. Note that it will *not* be a field. I think you already have the
links on what to do with macros and assigning a shortcut to them, Rafael?

Sub InsertTime()

Selection.InsertDateTime DateTimeFormat:="M/d/yy h:mm AM/PM", _
InsertAsField:=False
End Sub


Dayo