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Old word docs open with today date and not original date

Oct 15, 2005 12:18AM PDT

When I open old saved documents in ms word 2003 (and XP) to make copies they open with the current date (today's) and not with the original date they where saved.
What can I do for the saved documents to open with the original date.
I use windows XP Pro, Office 2003.

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Please explain ...
Oct 15, 2005 12:48AM PDT

- what you mean with "a document opens with a date".
- why you open a document to make a copy of it, and not simply use Windows Explorer copy and paste (or drag and drop) functionality.

Kees

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Don't know what you mean....
Oct 15, 2005 1:03AM PDT

by the document "opens with the current date....". Where is the date shown ?

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Office filed docs
Oct 15, 2005 3:14AM PDT

Sorry, I am referring
An old letter, memo, fax or document that required the date that was made to be printed and saved on word using a template, when I go back to retreive it to make a copy it commes with the date of today and not the date it was made and filed.

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Just a quick overview of the data field.
Oct 15, 2005 3:20AM PDT

Even grizzled word users forget that when we put in the date field, the date will automatically update when we open the document.

This is not a bug. It's working just fine and proper.

Next time, don't use the date field but just type in the date.

Bob

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Other date fields.
Oct 15, 2005 4:17AM PDT

There's the
- Createdate-field (date of creation of the document)
- Date (current date = today)
- Print date (date last printed)
- Save date (date saved)
If you want one of those, use it. If you want to type the date yourself, because these 4 dates aren't what you want, type the date yourself.

Word has the possibilities. You choose what to use. And if you use the wrong one, you get unexpected results, as seems to be the case here. You expect something else than the maker of the document used.

As Bob said, not a Word problem at all.

Kees

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Update automatically.
Oct 21, 2005 4:49AM PDT

While inserting Date and Time you have checked the Update automatically check box. That results in automatic update of date and time.