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set an automatic date
Hi, I have a Word template located on a Sharepoint site. From this Template a number of documents are generated. I set an automatic date so that the file creation date is always reported on it, how...
Generally, the CreateDate field when place in a template will show the creation date of the template in the template and the creation date of a derivative document in the document.
Using Date Fields in Microsoft Word
Note that the CreateDate field result in a document can be changed by using SaveAs or copying the document to a new location.
To prevent that you would want to lock or unlink the field before the save that would change the date.
I am not using SharePoint and I have heard that templates act differently on SharePoint. If that is the case, you would need a macro.