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| Disable automatic updates in word |
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I have a Word document with a Date field which auto-updates the instant the document is opened. Is it possible to disable the update and/or lock the field so that the field never updates? I know I could, say, set the system date back to the original date, open the document, lock the field, save the document, close it, and set the system date back, but I'm researching this for a law firm client of mine and they can't afford to be viewed as misrepresenting themselves in any way -- they need the original date on the document, unmodified. Unfortunately they recevied this from the opposing firm, and therefore have no control over the original document -- they can't just ask that the document be re-created without the Date field. Does anyone know a way around this? Thanks in advance for any help. -S. Craft |
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Since it's not their document and they're not allowed to modify it, then you really haven't left any options open. If they need the original date on the document, the opposing firm will need to provide the document. If the date represents some legal time then the document couldn't be considered valid anyway. S Craft wrote: > I have a Word document with a Date field which auto-updates the instant the > document is opened. Is it possible to disable the update and/or lock the > field so that the field never updates? > > I know I could, say, set the system date back to the original date, open the > document, lock the field, save the document, close it, and set the system > date back, but I'm researching this for a law firm client of mine and they > can't afford to be viewed as misrepresenting themselves in any way -- they > need the original date on the document, unmodified. > > Unfortunately they recevied this from the opposing firm, and therefore have > no control over the original document -- they can't just ask that the > document be re-created without the Date field. > > Does anyone know a way around this? Thanks in advance for any help. > > -S. Craft > > |
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