Update Automatically on Existing Date Fields

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ZSauce

I inherited a number of Word 2003 documents that include date fields. I want
the date fields to automatically update with today's date when I open each of
the files. Some of the files are okay, but when I encounter a date field that
does not automatically update, is there a way to change it to automatically
update without recreating the field?
 
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Graham Mayor

Press ALT+F9 to reveal the date type. If the type is CREATEDATE (which does
not update) Delete the CREATE bit to leave DATE then update the field.
ALT+F9 again to show the result.

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ZSauce

In every case the data type is DATE, but some of these fields automatically
update, while others do not.
 
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Suzanne S. Barnhill

Fields not in the header don't necessarily update automatically, but they
should update if you print, and you can update them manually with Ctrl+A,
F9.
 

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