Inserting dates automatically into filenames

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Jo Robertson

I am designing a Word 97 template that will be used by a
large number of users who have little or no IT training. I
wish them to save the document using a certain naming
convention followed by the date on which they save the
doc. I know I can make Word suggest the word content of
the filename by using Document Properties, but can I get
this same feature to automatically insert the date?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.
 
Hi Jo,

You'd need to use VBA (a macro) to do this. It could be an
AutoOpen macro that sets the "Title" document property, for
example. You'll find the information for a macro to set the
document property on word.mvps.org

The command Date yields the current date. For example:

"this is the rest of the file name" & CStr(Date)
I am designing a Word 97 template that will be used by a
large number of users who have little or no IT training. I
wish them to save the document using a certain naming
convention followed by the date on which they save the
doc. I know I can make Word suggest the word content of
the filename by using Document Properties, but can I get
this same feature to automatically insert the date?
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Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Sep
30 2003)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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