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Simone - 03 Jun 2004 03:13 GMT

I have inserted a SaveDate field code in a template. I
would like the field to update automaticcally when the
document is saved without having to F9 it or wait for
update when printing. Is there a formula of some kind that
will automatically update the field whenever the document
is saved?

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Doug Robbins - Word MVP - 03 Jun 2004 06:55 GMT

Hi Simone,

The vba command

Assuming that the field is in the footer of the document, the easiest way to
get the fields to update is to preview the document. You can use the
following vba commands to do that

ActiveDocument.PrintPreview
ActiveDocument.ClosePrintPreview

If you were to create a macro with the name

FileSaveAs that contains the following code

Dialogs(wdDialogFileSaveAs).Show
ActiveDocument.PrintPreview
ActiveDocument.ClosePrintPreview

Then it would run whenever the File>Save As command is selected and should
do what you want.

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Doug Robbins - Word MVP

> I have inserted a SaveDate field code in a template. I
> would like the field to update automaticcally when the
> document is saved without having to F9 it or wait for
> update when printing. Is there a formula of some kind that
> will automatically update the field whenever the document
> is saved?

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