Last saved date in a word (2007) document

[otuatail]

Insert Quick parts -> Field

Date and time from categories drop down list

Pick SaveDate

Result

{SAVEDATE Y* MERGEFORMAT}

Doesn't look like a readable date.

[macropod]

Your field code doesn't have a valid syntax. Delete:
Y* MERGEFORMAT
and replace it with, for example, any of:
• \@ "dddd, d MMMM yyyy";
• \@ "ddd, d MMMM yyyy";
• \@ "d MMMM yyyy";
• \@ "d MMM yyyy";
• \@ "dd/MMM/yyyy";
• \@ "d-MM-yy".

Note: You can swap the d, M, y expressions around, but you must use uppercase 'M's for months - lowercase 'm's are for minutes.

[otuatail]

Can't the date be shown as a normal date? In Excel the date can be modified.

It displays Tuesday, 06, December, 2016

But to change it you go into format date -> custom
dddd, dd, mmmm, yyyy

[macropod]

In Word, the format of any field that outputs a date is controlled by formatting switches. In Excel, it's controlled by cell formats. Either application can display a date in whatever format you want; you just have to do it the way the application requires.

[Charles Kenyon]

Originally Posted by otuatail

Insert Quick parts -> Field

Date and time from categories drop down list

Pick SaveDate

Result

{SAVEDATE Y* MERGEFORMAT}

Doesn't look like a readable date.

Press Alt+F9 to hide field codes and display field results.

[otuatail]

I used to have page numbers at the bottom of my document. I tried to add a file name to it. I ended up with this crap. I had to go through a 35 page document with someone over the phone using the same version of office. He has ACTUAL page numbers. I have spent 2 hours on the shit. And I have blank pages due to re-formatting.

Why has this automaticaly changed to
{ SAVEDATE \@ "dd MM yyyy HH:mm" \* MERGEFORMAT } { PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT }

I have never hit ALT+F( in my life

[macropod]

Originally Posted by otuatail

I used to have page numbers at the bottom of my document. I tried to add a file name to it. I ended up with this crap.

Adding a filename cannot produce a field that looks like
{SAVEDATE Y* MERGEFORMAT}
Neither can adding a SAVEDATE field. Adding a FILENAME field could give you a result like:
{FILENAME \* MERGEFORMAT}

Originally Posted by otuatail

I had to go through a 35 page document with someone over the phone using the same version of office. He has ACTUAL page numbers. I have spent 2 hours on the shit.

Had you actually taken the trouble to accurately set out what the problem was, this could all have been resolved much earlier. For example, if in post # you had said you inserted a SAVEDATE field and it displayed as:
{SAVEDATE \* MERGEFORMAT}
we might have understood that it was a field code display issue, not a field switch issue.

Originally Posted by otuatail

And I have blank pages due to re-formatting.

Adding SAVEDATE, FILENAME and/or PAGE fields cannot of itself cause any reformatting, let alone blank pages.

Originally Posted by otuatail

Why has this automaticaly changed to
{ SAVEDATE \@ "dd MM yyyy HH:mm" \* MERGEFORMAT } { PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT }

I have never hit ALT+F( in my life

You or someone else using your computer had either: pressed Alt-F9; or gone to File|Options|Advanced>Show Document content and checked the 'Show field codes instead of their values' option. Checking/unchecking that option does the same as pressing Alt-F9.

A little less intemperance on your part, mixed with a healthy dose of correct problem description would go a long way - as would taking a modicum of time to learn to use Word properly.

[Charles Kenyon]

I can better answer "Why is the sky blue?" Did it fix your problem?