Office 2003, word, automatically update of the date

[globus11]

Hi guys,

I've got some documents which include dates(for example:2 april 2005).

The problem is, that these dates are automatically updated every day.

Please, could you tell me where I can turn this option off.

Cheers in advance.

globus

 

[Remou]

Hi
Does the date look like this:
{ TIME \@ "dd/MM/yyyy" }
When you press Alt + F9? If so, it is set to update automatically. When you insert a new date (Insert menu) make sure the Update Automatically box is not ticked.

 

[macropod]

Hi globustrek,

This problem is caused by the inserted date being generated by an unlocked DATE field. If you select the errant date and press Shift-F9, it will probably look something like:
{DATE} or {DATE \@ "dd/MM/yyyy"}

To set the date back to the date the document was created, change the 'DATE' string to 'CREATEDATE', so that the field looks something like:
{CREATEDATE} or {CREATEDATE \@ "dd/MM/yyyy"}
Then select the field again and press F9 to update it.

Other semi-permanent DATE field options you might want to explore include changing the 'DATE' string in the field to:
SAVEDATE and PRINTDATE
which, as their names suggest, display the date on which the document was last saved or printed, respectively. Neither of these fields returns a valid date if the document hasn't been saved or printed, as the case may be.

Cheers