

Enabling this option will also show a small update button when you select the inserted date. Otherwise, it will show a static date which should be like the starting date of your document.

This is the ideal option you wish to use for showcasing the current date in the footer or on the document header. Second scenario is to dynamically update the date to current calendar date whenever you open the document. This is super easy as you can simply use a text box to insert a date or use other available options in Word. The date will not dynamically change on each day a per your calendar. In this case, first you will enter the date as a plain fixed text indicating the date of start. One is to show the date when you started creating the document. There are few reasons you would like to insert the date/time in your documents. Here we will explain the steps with Word app comes as part of Microsoft 365 subscription in Windows and Mac. Word also offers easy ways to insert various date and time to keep track of your documents.

However, Microsoft Word is the most powerful word processing app when it comes to desktop documentation. We have explained how to insert date in Google Docs Editor in our previous article.
