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I need advice. I have a cd that was burned a long time ago (1996) with Microsoft Word files.

Today I downloaded the files onto my laptop (Windows 11) and opened them with the free version of Word. I could not get the legal size documents to save properly. So I signed up for a one month free trial of Microsoft 365 with the intention of canceling in a month, or not.

When I opened the first file (a press release) the press release's date automatically converted to today's date, June 7, 2026. The next file, the same. And a third. The fourth was not a press release. It was a flyer, and it maintained its own original date. The fifth file was a press release, and it also retained its date.

I went back and opened the same files directly from the CD (instead of from the download).

The same thing happened. When I opened the file, the press release date was today's date.

Which I thought should be impossible.

So is there a cache I need to clear, or an AI setting or something I need to tweak to stop the automatic date conversion? Do I uninstall & reinstall...something?

My guess is that the creator might've used a Word "press release" template for some (but not all) of their press releases. Maybe opening _any_ file now that was created in 1995 using that template will automatically cause the date in the text of the pr to change to today's date?

How do I fix this?

I need advice. I have a cd that was burned a long time ago (1996) with Microsoft Word files.

Today I downloaded the files onto my laptop (Windows 11) and opened them with the free version of Word. I could not get the legal size documents to save properly. So I signed up for a one month free trial of Microsoft 365 with the intention of canceling in a month, or not.

When I opened the first file (a press release) the press release's date automatically converted to today's date, June 7, 2026. The next file, the same. And a third. The fourth was not a press release. It was a flyer, and it maintained its own original date. The fifth file was a press release, and it also retained its date.

I went back and opened the same files directly from the CD (instead of from the download).

The same thing happened. When I opened the file, the press release date was today's date.

Which I thought should be impossible.

So is there a cache I need to clear, or an AI setting or something I need to tweak to stop the automatic date conversion? Do I uninstall & reinstall...something?

My guess is that the creator might've used a Word "press release" template for some (but not all) of their press releases. Maybe opening _any_ file now that was created in 1995 using that template will automatically cause the date in the text of the pr to change to today's date?

How do I fix this?

I need advice. I have a cd that was burned a long time ago (1996) with Microsoft Word files.

Today I downloaded the files onto my laptop (Windows 11) and opened them with the free version of Word. I could not get the legal size documents to save properly. So I signed up for a one month free trial of Microsoft 365 with the intention of canceling in a month, or not.

When I opened the first file (a press release) the press release's date automatically converted to today's date, June 7, 2026. The next file, the same. And a third. The fourth was not a press release. It was a flyer, and it maintained its own original date. The fifth file was a press release, and it also retained its date.

I went back and opened the same files directly from the CD (instead of from the download).

The same thing happened. When I opened the file, the press release date was today's date.

Which I thought should be impossible.

So is there a cache I need to clear, or an AI setting or something I need to tweak to stop the automatic date conversion? Do I uninstall & reinstall...something?

My guess is that the creator might've used a Word "press release" template for some (but not all) of their press releases. Maybe opening _any_ file now that was created in 1995 using that template will automatically cause the date in the text of the pr to change to today's date?

How do I fix this?