I wish to have the dates I insert in my document *not* updated so I can see
when the different sections were written. On the Insert > Date & Time tab I
have unchecked 'update automatically'. Yet every time I, for example, change
from normal view to page view, all the dates are updated to the current
day's date. How can I stop this?
Hi Walt,
Did you uncheck the 'update automatically' box *before* you inserted
the date from that dialog? It doesn't operate after the fact -- once a
date is inserted as a field, you have to use a different method to
"unlink" the field.
First, try to confirm that you can insert a date as plain text -- open
the Insert > Date dialog, make sure the update box is unchecked,
select a format, and click OK. Now right-click the date you just
inserted. The popup menu should *not* include entries for Toggle Field
Codes or Update Field. If those entries are there, something's wrong
with your Word. I'm not sure how to fix it, but you could try the
procedures at
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/MissngMenusEtc.htm
and "Creating a new Normal.dot from scratch" in
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/BlankDocNotBlank.htm to see if
they help.
You can select each date field in existing documents and change it to
plain text by pressing Ctrl+Shift+F9. Then you'll have to change the
text to the date when the section was written, if you know it.
