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MS Office Forum / Word / Mailmerge and Fax / July 2007A Date Field that Doesn't Update
Hi. I've got a letter template that I made with a Date field that inserts the current date. It works fine, but when I'm done with the letter and want to store it away, I want it to retain the date that originally had on the letter when I wrote and sent it. Instead, the date updates so that when I look for the record 3 months later, it will have the current date on which I re-open it. I can try to remember to Ctrl, Shift, F9 while I'm in the field, to turn it from a field to plain text, but I will forget many times. Is there a way to have the date be set and stay set at the day I finish the document? The reason is that you have inserted a date field which shows the system date. What you need to do is change those date fields for createdate fields - ALT+F9 change {DATE \@ "d MMM yyyy"}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 switches \@ "d MMM yyyy" may be different at your location.  Signature<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<> Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<> > Hi. I've got a letter template that I made with a Date field that > inserts the current date. It works fine, but when I'm done with the [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > field to plain text, but I will forget many times. Is there a way to > have the date be set and stay set at the day I finish the document? Thanks, I gave it a try and it works just as you said. > The reason is that you have inserted a date field which shows the system > date. What you need to do is change those date fields for createdate [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > field to plain text, but I will forget many times. Is there a way to > > have the date be set and stay set at the day I finish the document?
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