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Lock fields
Using Word 2000. Inserting an automatically generated
date field, how do I lock this? When opening the document later, the date must remain the original one. Any hints? Best regards Jesper |
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You need to replace the field with a CREATEDATE field, which displays
the creation date of the document: Press ALT+F9 to display field codes. You'll find that your date is a DATE or TIME field. Type CREATEDATE instead of DATE (or TIME), press F9, and then press ALT+F9 again to hide field codes and show field result. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Jesper" wrote in message ... Using Word 2000. Inserting an automatically generated date field, how do I lock this? When opening the document later, the date must remain the original one. Any hints? Best regards Jesper |
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You are using a DATE or TIME field rather than a CREATEDATE field. This
field should be put in the original template if possible (instead of inserting using the keyboard shortcut or header/footer toolbar button). In the document in question, press Alt-F9 to display field codes. Then change the field to a CREATEDATE field, press F9 and then Alt-F9. See http://addbalance.com/word/datefields1.htm for information on the different kinds of datefields and how to format them. In answer to your original question, if you right-click on the date and select lock fields, it will lock. You are better off, though, changing to the correct field. -- 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! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "Jesper" wrote in message ... Using Word 2000. Inserting an automatically generated date field, how do I lock this? When opening the document later, the date must remain the original one. Any hints? Best regards Jesper |
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