Creating a variable date on a DOT file in Microsoft Word 2000?

I want to make a DOT file in Microsoft Word 2000 of a template with a standard header. This header has to include the date, but if I write today's date, it will say that every day. How can I make it so that the date will change? Example: Today is February 3, 2008...if I type that in, on September 27, 2008, if I were to use the template, it would still say February 3, 2008. I would want it to say September 27, 2008. Is this possible? If not, is there another way around it?

Creating a variable date on a DOT file in Microsoft Word 2000?windows xp sp2

This should work even if the file gets copied to another machine and gets a new "creation" date: (works for Word XP (2002))

1. Click the View-%26gt;Headers and Footers menu item.

2. Position the cursor in the header where you want the date.

3. Click the Insert-%26gt;Field menu item and select Date from the list box.

4. Select the format you want to use.

5. Click OK.

Now to make the date unchangeable.

6. Double click in the date to select the field.

7. Press CTRL-SHIFT-F9. This changes the field to regular text.

Hope that helps.

Creating a variable date on a DOT file in Microsoft Word 2000?microsoft sql server internet explorer

Use a CREATEDATE field, which inserts the date and time that a document was first saved with its current name, as recorded on the Statistics tab in the Properties dialog box (File menu). In Word, open the header and click on Insert | Field | Categories: All | Field names: Createdate | Date formats: %26lt;choose one%26gt; | OK.

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