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• How do I make Microsoft Word 2007 include the date a document was created within the document itself? I will be attending college in the fall, and in order to save time, I want to make Microsoft Word 2007 include my name and the date in a header in every document. I already have achieved something similar by altering the normal template to include my name and a dynamically updating date. Here is the problem: If the date does not dynamically update, every document contains the date that the original template was modified. If it does update, the documents contain the date of the day they were last opened. I want to make the documents generate the date they were created, and then make that date stay the same in the document forever. Any ideas?

• Answer:

  Create a template, then use Insert->Quick Parts->Field...->CreateDate. I just tested it using Word 2007 and it inserts the date of document creation, not template creation, and the date is not updated when the document is edited/saved/reopened/etc.