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Check boxes linked to date & time fields
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I have a document which contains many checkboxes, however I require one particular checkbox to insert an automatic current date and current time if the box is checked. I have no idea how to go about it.
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Anonymous
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Don Varnau 19,825 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator2014-07-30T01:05:47+00:00 Further to...I'm using MS 2010 and the document will be a template
Does "MS 2010" mean Microsoft Office, specifically Word?
Don
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Anonymous
2014-07-30T00:40:00+00:00 Further to...I'm using MS 2010 and the document will be a template
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btbt 11,826 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator2014-07-29T14:40:14+00:00 Can you please state what software you're using so we can move your thread to the relevant forum?
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Don Varnau 19,825 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
2014-07-29T10:58:43+00:00 > I have a document...
DOC? DOCX? HTML? Something else?
Don