Opening an old Word document, date changed to current date

[AMYJO]

When I open old Word documents, the date gets automatically changed to the
current date and I can't view the date that the document actually had. I am
using MS Office 2007, but the old document was created in Word 2003. I can
see the date that the file was last modified in the details of the file, but
I cant guarantee that the date of the document is the same as the date last
modified for the file.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Press Alt+F9 to toggle the field code display and edit the DATE field code
to read CREATEDATE. Then Alt+F9 to toggle back and F9 to update. The date
displayed will be the date the document was created, and it will not change.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

 

[Graham Mayor]

You may also need to add a formatting switch to retain the same format -
Press ALT+F9 change { DATE } or { TIME \@ "d MMM yyyy" } to { CREATEDATE \@
"d MMM yyyy" } then F9 and ALT+F9 - and change the date in your letterhead
template so that future letters based on it show the correct dates. The
switch \@ "d MMM yyyy" may be different at your location.

See http://www.gmayor.com/stop_automatic_date_update.htm

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[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

If the original DATE field contains a formatting switch, then changing DATE
to CREATEDATE will not alter that switch; the format should stay the same.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

 

[Graham Mayor]

True, but if it doesn't have a switch, changing the field type will affect
the display. Createdate without a switch will include the time.

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[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Interesting. I would have thought that the default format of any kind of
date field, absent switches, would be whatever format you've selected as the
default in the Date and Time dialog.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org