[mso] Re: Date field in Word 2000

When I read my earlier email I realised I'd sent the wrong field data - it
was CREATEDATE I had used.  AND I'm using templates - several of them, all
with the same problem.  So why isn't it showing the createdate when I reopen
the files later?

Sorry to harp on about this but it's really annoying me!

Thanks Dian.

Anne
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dian Chapman" <dian@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, March 31, 2003 7:13 PM
Subject: [mso] Re: Date field in Word 2000


>
> That's the wrong one...it should be CREATEDATE and you need to make the
> master a template or the dates won't change. If you make it a template, =
> Word
> knows to pick the date when a new document (letter) is CREATED from the
> master template. Then you get the CREATION date and it won't change.=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 10:18 AM
> To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
> 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 =
> =3D give
> you the current date when the letter was CREATED from the master =3D =
> template.
>
> Here's the first link to a series of letter automation articles I wrote =
> =3D
> for TechTrax. Hope this helps:
>
> http://pubs.logicalexpressions.com/Pub0009/LPMArticle.asp?ID=3D3D72=3D20
>
>
> 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/
> =3D20
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On =3D =
> 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 =
> =3D for
> DOS, I had a nice little macro written that would bring up my letter
> template including the correct date as a fixed date. =3D20
>
> In Word, my date field options are to have an automatically updating =3D =
> 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 =
> =3D of
> "insert>date and time>[click on date format] and uncheck *update
> automatically*.  That's very cumbersome - I would like the option to =3D =
> embed
> a suitable macro in my template but have been scared to investigate =
> macros =3D
> in Word!
>
> Anybody out there willing to guide me through the maze?
>
> Thanks
>
> Anne
>
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