Word Time and Print Problem

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anyonebutme

Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: Intel

I work on set take very fast notes that are time centric and and constantly inserting the time of day into my documents (military time) so they read something like this:

21:13:31 "In the end only one gamer will remain and win 100 grand",
packages, and chance to win, etc."

21:14:04 Pick your beds and get situated.

21:14:50 Tk 2

Anyway, when I try and print my document the time is auto updating for some reason, which totally makes my notes irrelevant and useless as I need it to remember the time I inserted weeks ago. It saves it but for some reason updates it when I try and print or make a pdf. Does anyone know how I can prevent this or at least workaround it?
 
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John McGhie

You are inserting a "Time" field. That is designed to update to show the
current system time any time that it updates.

Document open is one time that it updates automatically.

Make yourself a macro that inserts it, and instantly unlinks (turns into
ordinary text) the one you just inserted.

See the help topic "Prevent changes to information inserted by a field".

Cheers


Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: Intel

I work on set take very fast notes that are time centric and and constantly
inserting the time of day into my documents (military time) so they read
something like this:

21:13:31 "In the end only one gamer will remain and win 100 grand",
packages, and chance to win, etc."

21:14:04 Pick your beds and get situated.

21:14:50 Tk 2

Anyway, when I try and print my document the time is auto updating for some
reason, which totally makes my notes irrelevant and useless as I need it to
remember the time I inserted weeks ago. It saves it but for some reason
updates it when I try and print or make a pdf. Does anyone know how I can
prevent this or at least workaround it?
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CyberTaz

One thing you don't mention is *how* you're inserting the time, but the net
result is that you're actually inserting a TIME Field. They are dynamic &
will continue to update perpetually.

Another point you don't mention is what version of Word you're using. That
makes a bit of a difference as to what suggestions to offer, but essentially
you need to invoke Insert> Date & Time to insert a static time of day rather
than whatever you're currently doing.

HTH |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac
 
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