Turn off automatically putting today's date on a document

[ellell]

Have just started using Office for Mac 2008 but am encountering an
annoying problem! I started work on a document two days ago, and dated
it accordingly - then went back to it today. But it now insists on
putting today's date at the top of the document. I went to the auto
text function, and unticked the Auto complete box - then went to the
text and changed it back to the earlier date - but it still insists
on changing the date field to today's date. Could anyone advise on how
to get round this? Thanks in advance.
LL

 

[Daiya Mitchell]

It's not related to AutoComplete or AutoCorrect. The keyboard shortcut
for Insert Date, and the icon on the header/footer toolbar insert an
automatically updating date field, {DATE}, so if either of those were
used in creating the doc, you get date changes. If you use the Insert |
Date and Time dialog, you can turn the updating function on or off.

To fix old docs, select the field, toggle field codes on the right-click
menu (or hit opt-F9), and edit the DATE field to CREATEDATE.

For more information, see here:
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFldsFms/DateFields.htm

For the future, you could make the {CREATEDATE} field into an AutoText
entry and assign it a shortcut.
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/AutoText.htm

 

[David perry]

What about that appalling function that completes a date that you start to type in British format with an abbreviated US format when you press return - resulting in something like this:
4th July 2008-07-04

I can't believe Microsoft left this wretched function in any version of Word let alone a new one.

Please tell me how to switch it off, it's driving me mad!

 

[John McGhie]

Sorry, without your version information, we can't answer.

What about that appalling function that completes a date that you start to
type in British format with an abbreviated US format when you press return -
resulting in something like this:
4th July 2008-07-04

I can't believe Microsoft left this wretched function in any version of Word
let alone a new one.

Please tell me how to switch it off, it's driving me mad!

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