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 ************************************************************* You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx = or MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To send mail to the group, simply address it to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To Unsubscribe from this group, send an email to = mso-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" (without the quotes) in the subject line. Or, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu. This will = also allow you to change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso To be able to use the files section for sharing files with the group, = send a request to mso-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and you will be sent an = invitation with instructions. Once you are a member of the files group, you can go here to upload/download files: http://www.smartgroups.com/vault/msofiles ************************************************************* ************************************************************* You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To send mail to the group, simply address it to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To Unsubscribe from this group, send an email to mso-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" (without the quotes) in the subject line. Or, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu. This will also allow you to change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso To be able to use the files section for sharing files with the group, send a request to mso-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and you will be sent an invitation with instructions. Once you are a member of the files group, you can go here to upload/download files: http://www.smartgroups.com/vault/msofiles *************************************************************