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Subject:RE: Date stamp in Word From:Jason Logue <JLogue -at- eaglesoft -dot- net> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Thu, 27 Sep 2001 13:11:08 -0500
Thanks to everyone with the Date Stamp problem.
I believe I've got it figured out. Even though I've seen the date stamp
automatically updated (sans extra macros or anything like that) in other
Word files, I realized the problem in my document was that the date was not
updated until the document is printed or saved. Well, at least I have a
solution.
Thanks for your help,
Jason
-----Original Message-----
From: Jo Baer [mailto:jbaer -at- mailbox1 -dot- tcfbank -dot- com]
Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2001 11:29 AM
To: Jason Logue
Cc: TECHWR-L
Subject: Re: Date stamp in Word
It's as easy as this:
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Jo
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Jason Logue wrote:
> Hey,
>
> I have what is probably a relatively simple W2K question. There is a
> developer here trying to set up a document with a date stamp that's
> automatically updated each time the document is opened. I thought it was
> fairly straightforward, so I inserted the time state through Insert Date
and
> Time and chose the date. Well, it didn't take. I changed the computer
> date, reopened the document and the date was unchanged. The only way I
can
> change it is to highlight the code and hit F9. I tried Inserting a Date
> Field, but this didn't work either. Again, this only works when
> highlighting and hitting F9. I know this feature works in W2K, because
I've
> had other people test it on their own computers. In fact, I have a
document
> where the feature works just fine. I've done quite a bit of
troubleshooting
> on each document, trying to narrow down the differences, but so far it's
to
> no avail.
>
> Like I said, I'm sure this is fairly straightforward, but right now I
can't
> see the forest, even though I've moved the trees quite a few times.
>
> Thanks much,
>
> Jason
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