MS Word fields for Date vs. CreateDate
I'm doing mail merge in MS Word 2016 using fields, to create letters that I mail out. The letters have a date on them representing the date I mail the letter.
Rather than update that date every time, I want a field to insert the current date. However, when I create a set of documents from it, I don't want that date to update if I later open the document. I want the date to be the date that I ran the mail merge.
If I use the "Date" field, it works fine when I run the mail merge but updates the date if I later open one of the files created by the mail merge.
If I use the "CreateDate" field, it shows the date the original document was created, not the date I ran the mail merge.
What can I do to get it to automatically give me the date that I run the mail merge, but not update it later if I open a file created by the mail merge?
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asked Dec 4 at 18:12
Greg Lovern
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I'm doing mail merge in MS Word 2016 using fields, to create letters that I mail out. The letters have a date on them representing the date I mail the letter.
Rather than update that date every time, I want a field to insert the current date. However, when I create a set of documents from it, I don't want that date to update if I later open the document. I want the date to be the date that I ran the mail merge.
If I use the "Date" field, it works fine when I run the mail merge but updates the date if I later open one of the files created by the mail merge.
If I use the "CreateDate" field, it shows the date the original document was created, not the date I ran the mail merge.
What can I do to get it to automatically give me the date that I run the mail merge, but not update it later if I open a file created by the mail merge?
microsoft-word microsoft-word-2016 mail-merge
asked Dec 4 at 18:12
Greg Lovern
1363
add a comment |
I'm doing mail merge in MS Word 2016 using fields, to create letters that I mail out. The letters have a date on them representing the date I mail the letter.
Rather than update that date every time, I want a field to insert the current date. However, when I create a set of documents from it, I don't want that date to update if I later open the document. I want the date to be the date that I ran the mail merge.
If I use the "Date" field, it works fine when I run the mail merge but updates the date if I later open one of the files created by the mail merge.
If I use the "CreateDate" field, it shows the date the original document was created, not the date I ran the mail merge.
What can I do to get it to automatically give me the date that I run the mail merge, but not update it later if I open a file created by the mail merge?
microsoft-word microsoft-word-2016 mail-merge
asked Dec 4 at 18:12
Greg Lovern
1363
I'm doing mail merge in MS Word 2016 using fields, to create letters that I mail out. The letters have a date on them representing the date I mail the letter.
Rather than update that date every time, I want a field to insert the current date. However, when I create a set of documents from it, I don't want that date to update if I later open the document. I want the date to be the date that I ran the mail merge.
If I use the "Date" field, it works fine when I run the mail merge but updates the date if I later open one of the files created by the mail merge.
If I use the "CreateDate" field, it shows the date the original document was created, not the date I ran the mail merge.
What can I do to get it to automatically give me the date that I run the mail merge, but not update it later if I open a file created by the mail merge?
microsoft-word microsoft-word-2016 mail-merge
microsoft-word microsoft-word-2016 mail-merge
asked Dec 4 at 18:12
Greg Lovern
1363
asked Dec 4 at 18:12
Greg Lovern
1363
asked Dec 4 at 18:12
Greg Lovern
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asked Dec 4 at 18:12
Greg Lovern
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asked Dec 4 at 18:12
Greg Lovern
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