[libreoffice-users] Re: Inserting a code for today's date

On 10/19/2012 11:20 PM, Brian Barker wrote:
> At 10:26 19/10/2012 -0400, Bill Drescher wrote:
> > Is there any way I can insert code so that when I open a
> > template the date is the date that the document is opened
> > rather than the date it was created ?
>
> When you open the template, both these dates are the same!
> Templates are used only to create new documents, so the document
> is created at the point that the template is opened.  But I think
> I see what you mean.  You want a template containing a date field
> such that any document created from that template will, after it
> is saved and reopened, show the date that the document was
> reopened (and then reopened and reopened) and not initially
> created from the template.
>
> As has already been suggested by others, you can do that at
> Insert | Fields > | Other... | Document.  Under Type select Date
> and under Select select Date - not "Date (fixed)".  One point of
> confusion is that at Insert | Fields > you will see a Date entry
> - but this is actually the "Date (fixed)" variety, not the
> (variable) Date that you need.  So ignore that and proceed to
> Other... .
>
> I trust this helps.
>
> Brian Barker
Yup, that works.
Thanks

bill


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