[mso] Re: Date field in Word 2000

Hmmm - that's what I thought I did - but it still seems to update the field to 
current date when an old file is opened again.

This is the fieldcode I'm using:

{TIME \@ "d MMMM yyyy"}

I'll take a look at your site Dian and see if I've missed out something crucial.

Thanks for now.

Anne
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From: "Dian Chapman" <dian@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 2003/03/31 Mon PM 02:41:01 GMT
To: <mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [mso] Re: Date field in Word 2000


You need to create a TEMPLATE and use the CREATEDATE field. This will =
give
you the current date when the letter was CREATED from the master =
template.

Here's the first link to a series of letter automation articles I wrote =
for
TechTrax. Hope this helps:

http://pubs.logicalexpressions.com/Pub0009/LPMArticle.asp?ID=3D72=20


Dian Chapman
Technical Consultant
& Microsoft MVP

Free Word Tips & Tricks eBook: http://www.mousetrax.com/books.html
Free Tutorial site: http://www.mousetrax.com/techpage.html
Free Support Ezine: http://www.mousetrax.com/techtrax/
=20

-----Original Message-----
From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On =
Behalf
Of Anne Robson
Sent: Monday, March 31, 2003 8:01 AM
To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx


Hi again.  Next request for help/advice coming up.

Back in the dim and distant early 90s, those heady days of WordPerfect =
for
DOS, I had a nice little macro written that would bring up my letter
template including the correct date as a fixed date. =20

In Word, my date field options are to have an automatically updating =
field
(so that whenever I reopen an old saved file it shows me "today's" date
rather than the date the file was saved) or enter the date on the basis =
of
"insert>date and time>[click on date format] and uncheck *update
automatically*.  That's very cumbersome - I would like the option to =
embed a
suitable macro in my template but have been scared to investigate macros =
in
Word!

Anybody out there willing to guide me through the maze?

Thanks

Anne


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