Word 2010 - Auto insert academic year (yyyy-yy) and next year in format 'yyyy'

[NumberSix]

Hello all,

 

I'm creating a Word 2010 template (.dotx) file for teachers. When they open the template to create a document there are quite a few sections where I would like the dates to automatically update to the current academic year (to save them (me) having to manually do this).

 

So, in one section of the document I would like:

 

• the current academic year to be set automatically, in this case, show as: '2015-16', next year, '2016-17', etc.
  
• the next year to be shown, e.g. for this year (2016) there's some sections which would need to show in the format '2017'
  

 

I've been playing around without much luck in: Insert >> Quick Parts >> Field >> Date >> Field codes: { DATE \@ "yyyy" }

 

Any help greatly appreciated.

 

Thanks

[Rob_D]

There's this:

Insert a past or future date

 

Otherwise, the only simpler thing I can find is to insert an excel sheet, then you can do formula with the =NOW() function to make the dates do what you want.