Re: [libreoffice-users] 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
Thanks Brian, that works.
(this may be a duplicate as the first reply I sent seems to have 
gotten lost in cyberia.

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Bill Drescher
william {at} TechServSys {dot} com


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