Microsoft KB Archive/63763

Replacing Manually Typed Entries with Dynamic Entries

PSS ID Number: Q63763 Article last modified on 03-07-1997

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To replace a a manually entered date, time, or page number in Microsoft Word for the Macintosh with a dynamic one (that is, an entry that changes to reflect the current date, time, or page number) follow the appropriate procedure below.

Changing a Manually Entered Date to a Dynamic Date (Word 5.0)

 * 1) Select the text string you want to replace.
 * 2) From the Insert menu, choose Date.

Word will replace the selected text with the current date.

Changing a Manually Entered Date, Time, or Page Number to a Dynamic Date, Time, or Page Number (Word 5.0 and Earlier) ————————————————————–

  Save the document in the RTF file format:   From the File menu, choose Save As.   In Word 3.x and 4.0, choose the File Format button, and select the Interchange Format (RTF) option. Then choose the OK button. In Word 5.0, select Interchange Format (RTF) from the Save File As Type box.   In the Save Current Document As box, type a new name for the document and choose the Save button. Word will save the document with the new name and display this new document in the RTF format.    In Word 3.x, choose Change from the Search menu. In Word 4.0, choose Change from the Utilities menu. In Word 5.0, choose Replace from the Edit menu.   In the Find What box, type the text string to be changed.   In the Change To box, type “” (without quotation marks) and choose the Change All button. (In Word 5.0 this will be the Replace With box; the button will be Replace All.) Word will replace all occurrences of the text string you specified in step 5 with. </li>  From the File menu, choose Save. From the File menu, choose Close. </li>  From the File menu, choose Open. Open the document you saved as an RTF document. Word will display a dialog box with the message “Interpret RTF Text?” Choose the Yes button. </li></ol>

Word will open the document as a new untitled document. This new document will have the current date in place of the text string you specified in step 5.

To Change a Time Text String (Word Versions 5.0 and Earlier)
Follow steps 1-8 above. In the Change To box (in Word 5.0 the Find What box), enter the RTF code “” (without the quotation marks).

To Change a Page Number Text String (Word Versions 5.0 and Earlier)
Follow steps 1-8 above. In the Change To box (in Word 5.0 the Replace With box), enter the RTF code “” (without the quotation marks).

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