date field from XP not working in 97

L

LTJ

I've got a template that has a date field like this {Createdate\@â€d.MMMM
yyyy†\*MERGEFORMAT} But when make a document using the template and send the
document to someone who has word 97, and they open the document, it does not
show the date, but says it cannot understand the 'parameter'.
I know we had problems going from 97 to XP, but it seems there is a problem
the other way. We still have a few users with 97 and 2000.
What can be done to avoid this problem.
 
T

TF

The createdate field should work between all versions from 97 to 2003 fine.



: I've got a template that has a date field like this
{Createdate\@â€d.MMMM
: yyyy†\*MERGEFORMAT} But when make a document using the template and
send the
: document to someone who has word 97, and they open the document, it does
not
: show the date, but says it cannot understand the 'parameter'.
: I know we had problems going from 97 to XP, but it seems there is a
problem
: the other way. We still have a few users with 97 and 2000.
: What can be done to avoid this problem.
: --
: LTJ
 
S

Stefan Blom

Does adding single quotes around "." make a difference? In other
words:

{ CREATEDATE \@ "d'.'MMMM yyyy" \* MERGEFORMAT }
 
L

LTJ

The date format is taken directly from inseting a Field in Word, it is not
one we have made ourselves, it looks like this when choosing Createdate and
one of the date formats.
Now the user told me she also has that problem when sending to someone who
is using 2000.
It's just that it seems strange to change the format when it is a standard
format in Word and it works when sending the document to me, who is using XP.
 
T

TF

The format for CreateDate is the same and fully compatible between Office
versions. There's something else wrong: does it seem to be just that one
particular user that is the common denominator?



: The date format is taken directly from inseting a Field in Word, it is not
: one we have made ourselves, it looks like this when choosing Createdate
and
: one of the date formats.
: Now the user told me she also has that problem when sending to someone who
: is using 2000.
: It's just that it seems strange to change the format when it is a standard
: format in Word and it works when sending the document to me, who is using
XP.
: --
: LTJ
:
:
: "LTJ" wrote:
:
: > I've got a template that has a date field like this
{Createdate\@â€d.MMMM
: > yyyy†\*MERGEFORMAT} But when make a document using the template and
send the
: > document to someone who has word 97, and they open the document, it does
not
: > show the date, but says it cannot understand the 'parameter'.
: > I know we had problems going from 97 to XP, but it seems there is a
problem
: > the other way. We still have a few users with 97 and 2000.
: > What can be done to avoid this problem.
: > --
: > LTJ
 
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