Thank you,
It makes sense. Once the document is opened that has the date code, it is going to change before any code is run on it. I can unlink it at that time so going forward it will be text.


Is there a way through a group policy or option to disable date code going forward?

Not really. The best you can do is use a CREATEDATE field so the date remains tied to whatever date the document is first saved, or saved via Save As. That way, whoever creates the document should at least notice that the date on a document that takes some days to complete becomes out of date.

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Cheers,
Paul Edstein
[Fmr MS MVP - Word]