Getting back an automatic date

[Tommy Desperate]

I have a question about Microsoft Works 7.0. I see no specific forum for
this so perhaps someone here can help me with two word processing problems -
problems I've had with Works since updating my Nortor AV.

1. The letters I write no longer have the date automatically inserted. It's
now always an old date. I have to type in a new date when I write a new
letter. Any way to fix this?

2. After I click on a shortcut to MS Works, I get the message on my desktop
- "Works cannot complete the task. Try restarting Windows, or reinstalling
Works."

I don't want to reinstall the Works CD because I'm worried about losing
documents. Would reinstalling the disc jeopardise the documents?

Tom Hagerty

 

[garfield-n-odie]

The Works for Windows newsgroup is at
http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.aspx?dg=microsoft.public.works.win
..

 

[Charles Kenyon]

1) Create a template for your letters. Use this template to create new
documents for new letters.

2) Use a CreateDate field in the template.

See http://addbalance.com/word/datefields1.htm for information on the
different kinds of datefields and how to format them.

You may also want to take a look at: How to set up letterhead or some other
document where you want one header on the first page and a different header
on other pages. http://www.addbalance.com/word/headersfooters.htm This gives
step-by-step instructions. (It also has the following links)

Some other pages to look at:

Letterhead Tips and Instructions
http://home.earthlink.net/~wordfaqs/Letterhead.htm

Letterhead Textboxes and Styles tutorial
http://addbalance.com/word/download.htm#LetterheadTextboxesAndStylesTutorial

Template Basics
http://www.addbalance.com/usersguide/templates.htm

How to Create a Template - Part 2 - essential reading
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Customization/CreateATemplatePart2.htm

Word "Forms"
http://www.addbalance.com/word/wordwebresources.htm#Forms and

Word for Word Perfect Users
http://www.addbalance.com/word/wordperfect.htm if you are coming from a WP
environment (or even if you are not).

If you are interested in creating templates that will work with the letter
wizard or use that wizard, you should look at the chapter on Advanced
Document Formatting in Using Office 2003 (or whatever your version is),
Special Edition, by Ed Bott and Woody Leonhard. It has detailed instructions
including instructions on getting the fields you want from your Outlook
Contacts for addressing a letter. (Chapter 19 of SE Using Office 2003) You
should be able to get this through your public library or at Amazon.com
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0789729555/balancecheckbookA/

Finally, take a look at the letter templates that come with Word. While they
are no great shakes as letterhead, they do use styles and AutoText lists
very well. If you use the same style names that are used in those templates
in your own letterhead for the same parts of the document, you will have
better luck with using the built-in AutoText entries in Word.

Hope this helps,

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

I suspect that the Works word processor doesn't have fields.

 

[Charles Kenyon]

I should read more carefully. You caught me <g>