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From: Bob Bossi on 26 Jan 2010 12:35
That is exactly the solution. If I open the attachment with Word, I can
find the actual create date. If I save the attachment then the create date
changes to the date/time that I saved it. Thanks for the help.


"Jay Freedman" <jay.freedman(a)verizon.net> wrote in message
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>I think that depends on how it was saved. Word's internal "creation
> date" won't be reset if the attachment was simply saved from the email
> to a file. If the attachment was opened in Word and saved by Word to a
> file, then it would show that date. (Another good reason not to open
> attachments directly.)
>
> On Mon, 25 Jan 2010 17:59:54 -0600, "Suzanne S. Barnhill"
> <sbarnhill(a)mvps.org> wrote:
>
>>That may still show the date the attachment was saved on your computer,
>>though.
>>
>>--
>>Suzanne S. Barnhill
>>Microsoft MVP (Word)
>>Words into Type
>>Fairhope, Alabama USA
>>http://word.mvps.org
>>
>>"Jay Freedman" <jay.freedman(a)verizon.net> wrote in message
>>news:O7y5e7fnKHA.1552(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>> Insert a CreateDate field with the appropriate date/time formatting.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Regards,
>>> Jay Freedman
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>>> so all may benefit.
>>>
>>> Bob Bossi wrote:
>>>> I received a MS Word 2003 document as an attachment to an e-mail. When
>>>> I
>>>> saved it it showed the"date created" as the date I saved it. Is there
>>>> any
>>>> way that I can determine the date and time the document
>>>> was actually created by the author? Thanks
>>>
>>>
>>>

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