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Microsoft Word has a date field, but it's not easy to use in an expression. If you need to update dates in a document, use Excel to calculate the dates and then run a mail merge.

Persons are aware of how to calculate data in Excel due to its many functions and formulas, but calculating in Word is least likely done in Microsoft Office.