Re: Update Date Fields Automatically

[Hope Cascio <hope -dot- d -dot- cascio -at- US -dot- ARTHURANDERSEN -dot- COM>]

When you insert the date/time, there's a checkbox on the dialog that you
can select, to automatically update the field.

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To:     TECHWR-L @ LISTSERV.OKSTATE.EDU
cc:      (bcc: Hope D. Cascio)
From:   kwegner -at- TARGETSMARTINC -dot- COM
Date:   04/22/98 11:13 AM
Subject:  Re: Update Date Fields Automatically
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You know, this has baffled me, too.  But I haven't pursued a solution.
I am used to the feature in WP and like it.  I keep being surprised =
that
my Word field doesn't act the same way.
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> From: Robert Nimchuk [SMTP:rnimchuk -at- ASIASSOCIATES -dot- COM]
> Sent: Wednesday, April 22, 1998 8:55 AM
> To:   TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
> Subject:      Update Date Fields Automatically
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> I am working with a client who has used WordPerfect in the past and
> now has
> switched to MS Word.  In WP, when the opened a document with a date
> field,
> it would automatically update upon opening the file.  With Word, It
> does not
> update until you print the document or manually update the field(s).
> Is
> there a way to automatically update all fields when opening a =
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> I know I can use a macro, but am unsure of the best way to write it.
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