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Title: MS Word merge field for date
Post by: CindyM on June 10, 2008, 08:40:44 AM

Is there a way to insert a date merge field where the date is spelled out (June 10, 2008) and will not change if the document is reopened, resaved, modified, etc?   ???

Thanks for any help!

Title: Re: MS Word merge field for date
Post by: stevejohnson1958 on June 10, 2008, 09:00:14 AM

I'm not quite sure I understand the question, but depending on the Word document...you can use the "Insert" link from Word's toolbar to insert the date into a document...formatted to your liking.

Once the document is saved...the date will always appear as you have set it.

Title: Re: MS Word merge field for date
Post by: stevejohnson1958 on June 10, 2008, 09:12:42 AM

On another note...

As long as you don't set the date to update automatically...it will remain the same.  So if you use the Insert/Date & Time function...say for today's date...and do not check the box to have it update automatically...save the document...and open it tomorrow...it will show today's date.