Jay
Tue Jul 08 10:53:15 PDT 2008
Use either the \*Charformat switch or the \*Mergeformat switch in the field
code. For explanations, go to
http://www.gmayor.com/formatting_word_fields.htm and scroll down to the
section "Character formats and protecting previously applied formats".
Fenixdood wrote:
> Thanks for your help jay...Seems to be working now... one thing is do
> you now what I need to do to have the Date displyed in bold font..it
> was bold before I adjusted things now the text is simple font..I am
> looking for a clue...
>
> Regards
> R
>
> "Jay Freedman" wrote:
>
>> You may be correct, but I have no idea what your Access application
>> is doing so I can't be sure. I think the only way you'll find out is
>> to try it.
>>
>> Generally, a CreateDate field in a document will show the correct
>> date if (a) the document is created by the File > New command (or
>> its VBA equivalent, Documents.Add) based on a template, or (b) you
>> use File > Save As (or its VBA equivalent) to make a copy of an
>> existing document.
>>
>> If the Access application does one of these two things, then the
>> field should work. If you can't get it to work, the best alternative
>> will be to alter the Access application to insert the current date
>> in the document (probably at a predefined bookmark) as plain text.
>> Unfortunately, I can't help much with that.
>>
>> --
>> Regards,
>> Jay Freedman
>> Microsoft Word MVP FAQ:
http://word.mvps.org
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>>
>> On Thu, 3 Jul 2008 07:03:02 -0700, Fenixdood
>> <Fenixdood@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks for your insight..
>>>
>>> My Findings..firstly I am new to this Company and still learning
>>> how they operate..
>>> So..the documents in question are not .dot but rather.doc..we use an
>>> application (ms access based) and then generate letters using mail
>>> merge, pulling data from the DB and then into a letter in word.
>>> I changed the format of the document i am testing to a .dot. and it
>>> seems the date field appears..So i take it that the letters which
>>> are in .doc format need to be in .dot format.. do you think I have
>>> this correct?
>>>
>>> TIA
>>> Ron
>>>
>>> "Jay Freedman" wrote:
>>>
>>>> In the template itself, the CreateDate field will show the
>>>> template's date of creation. When you base a new document on the
>>>> template, it _will_ show the document's date of creation, not the
>>>> template's.
>>>>
>>>> Of course it would be possible to write an AutoNew macro to insert
>>>> the current date as plain text, but that would be reinventing the
>>>> wheel because the CreateDate field does exactly what you're asking
>>>> for.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Jay Freedman
>>>> Microsoft Word MVP FAQ:
http://word.mvps.org
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>>>>
>>>> On Wed, 2 Jul 2008 09:13:01 -0700, Fenixdood
>>>> <Fenixdood@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Thanks for the info..
>>>>>
>>>>> caviat is...I used the CreateDate but it inputs the date the
>>>>> template was created. I am in need of a user who creates a new
>>>>> document from template. then the date is hard coded immediatley
>>>>> and will not change..
>>>>>
>>>>> not too sure how the VB code should be on this one.. can you help
>>>>> out..?.
>>>>>
>>>>> Cheers
>>>>> Ron
>>>>>
>>>>> "Jay Freedman" wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> fenixdood wrote:
>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I have been asked to modify one of our Word Macros so that the
>>>>>>> date stays static. Currently we are using
>>>>>>> { DATE \@ "MMMM d, yyyy" \*MERGEFORMAT }
>>>>>>> This is fine but when ever the document is opened again the date
>>>>>>> changes to the current date and not the one that was supposed
>>>>>>> to be for the Originating Date..
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Could someone perhaps point me to the right place to get this
>>>>>>> answered...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> PS not a Macro or VBA expert by any means but do have scripting
>>>>>>> under my belt...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Cheers an TIA
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Ron
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The usual answer is to use a CREATEDATE field instead of a DATE
>>>>>> field. That will always display the date the document was
>>>>>> created, either by making a new document based on the template
>>>>>> or by using Save As from an existing document.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> If the creation date isn't what you want, you can instead either
>>>>>> lock or unlink the DATE field when it's showing the correct
>>>>>> date. Locking the field (in code, if the variable myField points
>>>>>> to the DATE field in question, execute myField.Locked = True)
>>>>>> prevents the field from updating until you unlock it. Unlinking
>>>>>> the field (in code, execute myField.Unlink) replaces the field
>>>>>> with the plain text of its current value, which of course will
>>>>>> never update.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>> Jay Freedman
>>>>>> Microsoft Word MVP FAQ:
http://word.mvps.org
>>>>>> Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
>>>>>> newsgroup so all may benefit.