If, after you insert a field, after clicking in the field you press
Ctrl+6 or
Ctrl+Shift+F9, that will change the field to plain text.
Function Keys in Word 97-2016
The following macro will insert the current date and time not as a field.
Code:
Sub StampDateTime()
'
' StampDateTime Macro
' Macro recorded 3/9/2016 by Charles K. Kenyon
'
Selection.InsertDateTime DateTimeFormat:="M/d/yyyy h:mm am/pm", _
InsertAsField:=False, DateLanguage:=wdEnglishUS, CalendarType:= _
wdCalendarWestern, InsertAsFullWidth:=False
End Sub
See
Installing Macros for what to do to make this work on your computer. You could attach the
Alt+Shift+D keyboard shortcut to that macro.
For more about Date and Time fields, see
Using Date Fields in Microsoft Word.
I've attached a template, that if put in your Word
Startup Folder will give you the macro and keyboard shortcut in all of your documents.