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[Tom H]

I'm using MS Word 2002 SP3. My problem is when I select a previously sent letter to use as a reference in a current letter, the date of the original is automatically updated to the current date. I have looked in the Word Help files Date Section which says to
Insert the current date and time
1.. Click where you want to insert the date or time.
2.. On the Insert menu, click Date and Time.
3.. If you want to insert the date or time in a different language format, then click the language in the Language box.
The Language box includes a list of the enabled editing languages. Additional date and time options may also be available, depending on the language that you selected.

4.. In the Available formats box, click a date or time format.
5.. Select whether you want the date to automatically update or to remain as originally inserted. Do one of the following:
a.. 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.
b.. To maintain the original date and time as static text, clear the Update automatically check box.
The Update automatically check box IS NOT CHECKED but the date is automatically updated when I pull up a previously saved document.

Any suggestions?

thanks in advance,
Tom

 

[Charles Kenyon]

This setting matters to the next date field you enter, not ones already in
documents.



You are using a DATE or TIME field rather than a CREATEDATE field. This
field should be put in the original template if possible (instead of
inserting using the keyboard shortcut or header/footer toolbar button).

In the document in question, press Alt-F9 to display field codes. Then
change the field to a CREATEDATE field, press F9 and then Alt-F9.

See http://addbalance.com/word/datefields1.htm for information on the
different kinds of datefields and how to format them.

--

Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide


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I'm using MS Word 2002 SP3. My problem is when I select a previously sent
letter to use as a reference in a current letter, the date of the original
is automatically updated to the current date. I have looked in the Word
Help files Date Section which says to
Insert the current date and time
Click where you want to insert the date or time.
On the Insert menu, click Date and Time.
If you want to insert the date or time in a different language format, then
click the language in the Language box.
The Language box includes a list of the enabled editing languages.
Additional date and time options may also be available, depending on the
language that you selected.
In the Available formats box, click a date or time format.
Select whether you want the date to automatically update or to remain as
originally inserted. Do one of the following:
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.
The Update automatically check box IS NOT CHECKED but the date is
automatically updated when I pull up a previously saved document.

Any suggestions?

thanks in advance,
Tom