date code - can it be changed

[Cowtoon]

I'm expecting the answer to be no, but I'm gonna try.

Someone created a gazillion letters over the last year, using a date code
and, as one would expect, it's putting in, today's date. Is there "any" way
to disable this so that it reflects the date that it was actually created.

I doubt that this can be done, but I'm really really hoping it can.
Thanks a bunch. Diana

 

[Daiya Mitchell]

It can be done.

The keyboard shortcut for Insert Date, and the icon on the header/footer
toolbar insert an automatically updating date field, {DATE}, so if either of
those were used in creating the doc, you get date changes.

To fix old docs, select the field, toggle field codes on the right-click
menu (or hit alt-F9), and change the DATE field to CREATEDATE.

For more information, see here:
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFldsFms/DateFields.htm

For the future, you could make the {CREATEDATE} field into an AutoText entry
and assign it a shortcut.
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/AutoText.htm

 

[Cowtoon]

Daiya ... are you saying that if I change that code in an existing document,
that it will display the original date, if it was say from six months ago -
because that's what I want. I'm thinking that it won't work that way, but
I'd be elated if I was wrong.
Diana

 

[Daiya Mitchell]

Yep. Change the field to createdate and it will show the date of creation.
It's been tested by me and others.

 

[Cowtoon]

Daiya,
You were absolutely correct. Thank you sooooooooooo much. It worked
marvelously.
Diana

 

[Daiya Mitchell]

Glad to help, thanks for feedback.
DM