how do I retreive the original date of my document because it changes to the current date once i open it? is the 'modified date that comes up once you highlight the document the original date?? (I havent made any changes to my document since i created it) please help and please keep it simple lol
Press Alt+F9 to display the DATE field code and change it to CREATEDATE. Then Alt+F9 to toggle back and F9 to update the field. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "tiasunday" wrote in message news:C0B87C04-E86D-4196-B0A8-B9AAEFBFEF81@microsoft.com... > how do I retreive the original date of my document because it changes to > the > current date once i open it? is the 'modified date that comes up once you > highlight the document the original date?? (I havent made any changes to > my > document since i created it) please help and please keep it simple lol >
On Wed, 1 Jul 2009 18:10:01 -0700, tiasunday wrote: >how do I retreive the original date of my document because it changes to the >current date once i open it? is the 'modified date that comes up once you >highlight the document the original date?? (I havent made any changes to my >document since i created it) please help and please keep it simple lol The date is being displayed by a DATE field. Every time that field updates, it shows today's date (or whatever the system clock is set to). What you want instead is a CREATEDATE field, which always shows the date the document was created. To make the change, right-click the date and choose Toggle Field Codes. You'll see something like { DATE \@ "M/d/yyyy" } Put the cursor to the left of the word DATE and type in CREATE before it so it looks like { CREATEDATE \@ "M/d/yyyy" } Right-click again and choose Update Field. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit.
Hi there super helpful reply from a non techi person... no more pulling hair out lol!! "Jay Freedman" wrote: > On Wed, 1 Jul 2009 18:10:01 -0700, tiasunday > wrote: > > >how do I retreive the original date of my document because it changes to the > >current date once i open it? is the 'modified date that comes up once you > >highlight the document the original date?? (I havent made any changes to my > >document since i created it) please help and please keep it simple lol > > The date is being displayed by a DATE field. Every time that field updates, it > shows today's date (or whatever the system clock is set to). > > What you want instead is a CREATEDATE field, which always shows the date the > document was created. > > To make the change, right-click the date and choose Toggle Field Codes. You'll > see something like > > { DATE \@ "M/d/yyyy" } > > Put the cursor to the left of the word DATE and type in CREATE before it so it > looks like > > { CREATEDATE \@ "M/d/yyyy" } > > Right-click again and choose Update Field. > > > -- > Regards, > Jay Freedman > Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org > Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. >
thanks! "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: > Press Alt+F9 to display the DATE field code and change it to CREATEDATE. > Then Alt+F9 to toggle back and F9 to update the field. > > -- > Suzanne S. Barnhill > Microsoft MVP (Word) > Words into Type > Fairhope, Alabama USA > http://word.mvps.org > > "tiasunday" wrote in message > news:C0B87C04-E86D-4196-B0A8-B9AAEFBFEF81@microsoft.com... > > how do I retreive the original date of my document because it changes to > > the > > current date once i open it? is the 'modified date that comes up once you > > highlight the document the original date?? (I havent made any changes to > > my > > document since i created it) please help and please keep it simple lol > > > >
