Setting up date field in Word 2003

[Nat]

I want to set up a date field for a letter in Word.
How do I set up "createdate" so, the date goes in to the
letter, and then when I bring up the letter on the computer
in the future, the date does not change to the current date?
Thanks.

 

[TF]

You insert the CreateDate Field into a Template. When you open a new
document based on the template, the current date will show and will never
change.

Just place the cursor where you would normally type the date and use the
Insert, Field and select CreateDate and choose the format that you want:
press OK and it will insert the current date.

--
Terry Farrell - Word MVP
http://word.mvps.org/


:I want to set up a date field for a letter in Word.
: How do I set up "createdate" so, the date goes in to the
: letter, and then when I bring up the letter on the computer
: in the future, the date does not change to the current date?
: Thanks.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Please see my reply to your previous more or less identical question in this
same forum earlier today.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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all may benefit.

 

[Charles Kenyon]

See http://addbalance.com/word/datefields1.htm for information on the
different kinds of datefields and how to format them. TF is correct that the
easiest place to put your CreateDate field is in your template.

For some thoughts on setting up your letterhead, 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,
--

Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome!
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