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Help with MS Word

stan56 · 2007-08-21 11:24:41

Hi all, I am just trying to set this thing up in MS Word XP where i have a letter template which i use everyday and I want the date to automatically update each day without having to retype. I am fairly sure there is a way to do this but I cannot figure it out:confused: . Any help appreciated:)

21-08-2007 11:24am

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stan56

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Hi all,

I am just trying to set this thing up in MS Word XP where i have a letter template which i use everyday and I want the date to automatically update each day without having to retype. I am fairly sure there is a way to do this but I cannot figure it out . Any help appreciated:)

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#2 21-08-2007 11:25am

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Go to tab 'insert' to 'date and time' choose format and Eureka!

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#3 21-08-2007 11:45am

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TravelJunkie wrote:

Go to tab 'insert' to 'date and time' choose format and Eureka!

quite simple really, thanks for that

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#4 21-08-2007 2:08pm

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There is an update automatically option too.

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#5 22-08-2007 6:41pm

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Flukey wrote:

There is an update automatically option too.

Be very careful with this in case it date stamps the letter with the current date, instead of the date originally intended. Real pain with year old letters getting todays date.

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