25. June 2008 by Carol.
I got an e-mail from the wife of a friend of mine the other day. She was at work and wanted to know how to create an automatic date in a letter in MS Word.
- This is a really simple fix. It requires the use of a field. All you really have to do is click on Insert | Field. That will open the dialog box.
- Under Categories, select Date and Time.
- Under Field Names, highlight Create Date.
- On the right-hand side, select the date format of your choosing.
- Click on OK.
That’s it! Presto chango! You’re finished!
I told her that this would create a date that would remain unchanged in her document. If you want a date that will automatically update every time you open the document, then you would choose Date.
I was really glad that I could help her as she is the wife of Dave Hartsock of http://www.davescomputertips.com.
Dave is a great guy and has helped me with my web site, http://www.carolscorneroffice.com since it’s inception – matter of fact he built it and still continues to help me with it!
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