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From: Doug Robbins - Word MVP on 30 Apr 2010 02:39
After pressing Alt+F9 to toggle off the display of the field codes, press F9
to update the field. Or, simply press F9 instead of Alt+F9 should work.

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"Eric" <Eric(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> After Use ctrl-F9 to insert the {}, and type DATE \@YYYY within {}, what
> should I do to show the result? I tried Use Alt-F9 with no luck.
> Do you have any suggestions?
> Thanks in advance for any suggestions
> Eric
>
> "Peter Jamieson" wrote:
>
>> You can insert a field code like this after the "@":
>> { DATE \@YYYY }
>>
>> Use ctrl-F9 to insert the {} - don't type them from the keyboard.
>>
>> Use Alt-F9 to toggle between field codes" and "field results" view.
>>
>> Personally I prefer not to tie these things to Word's DATE fields and
>> usually
>> a. create a custom document property, lets say it's called
>> CopyrightYear
>> b. try to remember to update it each year
>> c. insert the value using a field like this
>>
>> { DOCPROPERTY CopyrightYear }
>>
>> That way, you can print stuff that needs to be Copyright 2010 even when
>> it isn't actually 2010.
>>
>> Peter Jamieson
>>
>> http://tips.pjmsn.me.uk
>>
>> On 29/04/2010 17:07, Eric wrote:
>> > I would like to add Copyright(a)2010 at footnote,
>> > does anyone have any suggestions on how to auto add current year after
>> > @? so
>> > I don't need to change it every year.
>> > Thanks in advance for any suggestions
>> > Eric
>> .
>>
From: Peter Jamieson on 30 Apr 2010 03:39
It depends on how you see it. I assume the point Peter is making is that
/if/ you add a notice, it has to be in a certain format (AFAICR that is
also true of UK Copyright law), and if you use a symbol rather than the
word "Copyright" then it has to be the circle-C. Although the rules do
not say that you have to add a notice in order to establish copyright,
they do mention the evidentiary weight of including a copyright notice.

http://www.copyright.gov/title17/92chap4.html

Peter Jamieson

http://tips.pjmsn.me.uk

On 30/04/2010 06:25, Graham Mayor wrote:
> If that is indeed true for US law, then it is ridiculous. A writer always
> owns the copyright to the material he/she creates, unless it is ceded to
> someone else. The copyright notice merely draws attention to the fact. The
> copyright notice on a document alone is insufficient to prove copyright, and
> its omission does not negate the writer's copyright.
>
From: Graham Mayor on 30 Apr 2010 03:48
Peter, I see where you are coming from, but as it is so easy to change a
date in a computerised document, the date in a copyright notice has very
little value when it comes to proving copyright, no matter what form you
enter it in.

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"Peter Jamieson" <pjj(a)KillMAPSpjjnet.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
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> It depends on how you see it. I assume the point Peter is making is that
> /if/ you add a notice, it has to be in a certain format (AFAICR that is
> also true of UK Copyright law), and if you use a symbol rather than the
> word "Copyright" then it has to be the circle-C. Although the rules do not
> say that you have to add a notice in order to establish copyright, they do
> mention the evidentiary weight of including a copyright notice.
>
> http://www.copyright.gov/title17/92chap4.html
>
> Peter Jamieson
>
> http://tips.pjmsn.me.uk
>
> On 30/04/2010 06:25, Graham Mayor wrote:
>> If that is indeed true for US law, then it is ridiculous. A writer always
>> owns the copyright to the material he/she creates, unless it is ceded to
>> someone else. The copyright notice merely draws attention to the fact.
>> The
>> copyright notice on a document alone is insufficient to prove copyright,
>> and
>> its omission does not negate the writer's copyright.
>>


From: Graham Mayor on 30 Apr 2010 04:04
The fact that you are inserting the copyright notice into a footnote
suggests that you may be referencing other documents and you may want to do
this on a regular basis. As the copyright date for a particular document is
never going to change, I think I would avoid fields altogether and use a
macro to insert the copyright notice at the cursor. You could assign the
macro to a keyboard shortcut or toolbar button e.g. for the current year:

Sub InsertCRight()
Selection.TypeText "Copyright " & Chr(169) & Year(Date)
End Sub

For the macro to be able to insert any year, as in a reference to a
document, you would need to be able to select the year. The extra code could
be added, but I wonder if that is any quicker than simply typing the
copyright notice manually? However

Sub InsertCRight()
Selection.TypeText "Copyright " & Chr(169) & _
InputBox("Enter year", , Year(Date))
End Sub

http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm

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"Eric" <Eric(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I would like to add Copyright(a)2010 at footnote,
> does anyone have any suggestions on how to auto add current year after @?
> so
> I don't need to change it every year.
> Thanks in advance for any suggestions
> Eric


From: Peter T. Daniels on 30 Apr 2010 07:43
Precisely.

For instance, British copyrights include a notice of "asserting moral
authority" and also that a book "cannot be sold or lent out in any
other form of binding" -- the latter apparently to prevent libraries
from buying the cheaper paperback edition and putting it in a hard
cover for circulation.

On Apr 30, 3:39 am, Peter Jamieson <p...(a)KillMAPSpjjnet.demon.co.uk>
wrote:
> It depends on how you see it. I assume the point Peter is making is that
> /if/ you add a notice, it has to be in a certain format (AFAICR that is
> also true of UK Copyright law), and if you use a symbol rather than the
> word "Copyright" then it has to be the circle-C. Although the rules do
> not say that you have to add a notice in order to establish copyright,
> they do mention the evidentiary weight of including a copyright notice.
>
> http://www.copyright.gov/title17/92chap4.html
>
> Peter Jamieson
>
> http://tips.pjmsn.me.uk
>
> On 30/04/2010 06:25, Graham Mayor wrote:
>
>
>
> > If that is indeed true for US law, then it is ridiculous. A writer always
> > owns the copyright to the material he/she creates, unless it is ceded to
> > someone else. The copyright notice merely draws attention to the fact. The
> > copyright notice on a document alone is insufficient to prove copyright, and
> > its omission does not negate the writer's copyright.-
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