Suggestion for O2007

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Lionel B. Dyck

Many times I create documents (word, powerpoint, excel, visio, ...) for which I
want to place in them the date/time of the last update. Unfortunatly when I
insert a date and/or time those fields are updated when I or the recipient opens
the file.

It would be a nice insert feature for date/time to be able to have a file last
changed date/time field insert.

Thanks in advance.
 
J

JoAnn Paules

You can add a date that doesn't change but you'll still have to depend on
the next person to change the date. I've stopped depending on others to do
something to make my work easier.

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JoAnn Paules
Microsoft MVP - Publisher

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H

Harlan Grove

Lionel B. Dyck said:
It would be a nice insert feature for date/time to be able to have a
file last changed date/time field insert.
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Dunno about the other Office applications, but in Excel you could us a
BeforeSave event handler macro to update a date/time stamp stored in a
cell or a name.
 
B

Bob Buckland ?:-\)

Hi Lionel,

MS Word has a 'SaveDate' field.

Prior to Word 2007 - Insert=>Field

In Word 2007
Insert=>Quickparts=>Field

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Many times I create documents (word, powerpoint, excel, visio, ...) for which I
want to place in them the date/time of the last update. Unfortunatly when I
insert a date and/or time those fields are updated when I or the recipient opens
the file.

It would be a nice insert feature for date/time to be able to have a file last
changed date/time field insert.

Thanks in advance.

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Lionel B. Dyck >>
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Bob Buckland ?:)
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*
 
L

Lionel B. Dyck

Bob said:
Hi Lionel,

MS Word has a 'SaveDate' field.

Prior to Word 2007 - Insert=>Field

In Word 2007
Insert=>Quickparts=>Field

============
Many times I create documents (word, powerpoint, excel, visio, ...) for which I
want to place in them the date/time of the last update. Unfortunatly when I
insert a date and/or time those fields are updated when I or the recipient opens
the file.

It would be a nice insert feature for date/time to be able to have a file last
changed date/time field insert.

Thanks in advance.
Click to expand...

Cool - thanks - this looks like what I'm looking for when I just need a date of
last change. Much appreciated.

Any ideas if/when this will migrate to the other office apps?
 
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