Carol's Corner Office

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.

1. 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.
2. Under Categories, select Date and Time.
3. Under Field Names, highlight Create Date.
4. On the right-hand side, select the date format of your choosing.
5. 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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