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Subject:RE: Date field in Word From:"Dan Goldstein" <DGoldstein -at- riverainmedical -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Tue, 17 May 2005 08:51:23 -0400
Easier than that: Have them select Insert|Date and Time, and make sure
that the "Update Automatically" check box is cleared.
The mnemonic is Alt,I,T.
-- Dan Goldstein
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Posada
> Sent: Monday, May 16, 2005 4:05 PM
> To: TECHWR-L
> Subject: Date field in Word
>
> Hi, guys...my developers have a habit of using the system "date"
> field on document covers. When they do this, the date updates
> at any time in the future when the document is opened, even
> if the document is old and obsolete.
> I want to tell them to use "CreateDate" instead.
> However, if they insist on using "Date", can that field be
> locked before deploying by using Ctrl-F11 to lock the field?
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