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date format - year only

I'm using Word 2007

 

I want to the date in documents to automatically update, but I want to use the year only - its for copyright reasons.  Is there any way of doing this? 

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Press Ctrl+F9 to insert field brackets { } (do NOT type { } yourself).

Type   date \@ "yyyy"

You should now see { date \@ "yyyy" }

Press F9 to hide the field code and to update the value.

 

The date field returns the current date. If you want to use the date the document was last updated, use savedate instead of date.

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Did you use Ctrl+F9 to insert the { } ? As noted above, you should not type { } yourself.

And was the insertion point between the { } when you pressed F9?

 

If this doesn't help, try pressing Alt+F9. This keyboard shortcut toggles between displaying field codes and hiding them.

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