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Subject:Re: Update Date Field (Update) From:Chris Knight <knight -at- ADA -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 22 Apr 1998 11:01:03 -0700
Not the whole story. As was already said, you can control the automatic
updating (like any updateable field) on a field-by-field basis.
Robert Nimchuk wrote:
>
> The answer lies in the difference between Normal View and Page View.
> Under Normal View, fields are not update until you either print the
> document or manually update. In Page View, all fields are
> automatically updated each time you open the document.
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Chris Knight
Consultant, Technical Communication Architect
Vancouver BC, Canada
(currently at Applied Digital Access,
E-mail: knight -at- bcg -dot- ada -dot- com Phone: 604-415-5886 Fax: 604-415-5900)
Opinions expressed are my own, not ADA's
