If you have a new account but are having problems posting or verifying your account, please email us on hello@boards.ie for help. Thanks :)

Hello all! Please ensure that you are posting a new thread or question in the appropriate forum. The Feedback forum is overwhelmed with questions that are having to be moved elsewhere. If you need help to verify your account contact hello@boards.ie

Microsoft office 2008 for mac

Hootanany · 2011-05-05 12:50:10

Sorry if posted before but when i open an old document in word the date changes to today date is there any way of keeping the original date. Many thanks in advance

05-05-2011 01:50PM

#1

Hootanany

Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,479 ✭✭✭

Join Date: March 2007

Posts: 5083

Sorry if posted before but when i open an old document in word the date changes to today date is there any way of keeping the original date. Many thanks in advance

0

Comments

#2 07-05-2011 12:20PM

Hootanany

Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,479 ✭✭✭

Join Date: March 2007

Posts: 5083

Bump

0
#3 07-05-2011 01:47PM

PhilipMarlowe

Subscribers Posts: 4,419 ✭✭✭

Join Date: November 1999

Posts: 4178

To see when the doc was created...

Open Doc.
ctrl-click the date.
Select Toggle Field Codes.
Replace the word DATE with CREATEDATE.
ctrl-click and Update Field.
Voilà! (works on Word v.X on my old powerbook, shouldn't be radically different for your more modern version).

0