Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Bug report -- Libre Ofice version 4.1.3.2

I think what the Original Poster was seeking was a "semi-fixed" date.

A fixed date would simply be the same as if one typed in the date by hand. 
It would never change. A "dynamic" date field would change every time the 
date changed. What I think the OP wants is for the field to reflect the date 
on which the file was last edited and saved. So, oversimplifying the 
question, there would be three possible dates -- the original date the file 
was created, the last time the file was edited and saved, and the current 
date (whenever that may be). It appears from a quick glance at LO's field 
dialogs that one can get the first and third options, but not the second. 
But, I'm not an expert on date fields.

While I agree this might be helpful, I would not characterize it as a "bug." 
Perhaps a feature request (if in fact LO can't do what the OP wants)

Virgil

-----Original Message----- 
From: Cliff Scott
Sent: Saturday, November 23, 2013 3:11 PM
To: users@global.libreoffice.org
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Bug report -- Libre Ofice version 
4.1.3.2

** Reply to message from william drescher <william@TechServSys.com> on Sat,
23 Nov 2013 08:01:57 -0500

> On 11/23/2013 12:50 AM, Robert Baker wrote:
> >
> > 1) There is no way (that I have found) to insert the date and time as 
> > text;
> > the only option is to insert them as a field, meaning that the next time
> > the document is opened, the date and time shown would be when it was
> > re-opened, rather than when it was last edited which is what I want. I 
> > had
> > to take the file back into MS Word just to add the date and time, but I
> > want to be rid of Word.
> >
>
> The simple way of adding a date: Insert->fields->date will add a
> date that does not change.  You have to go through a few more
> steps to get a date that is current when the file is opened.
> So, no problem with this one.
>
> I will leave the other questions to those that are more expert.
>
> bill

Just to clarify this a little more, in Writer the default seems to be to
insert a fixed date and or time. If you RMB on the field and select field
from the popup menu that will give you all the options for format and 
whether
it is a fixed value or updates each time it is opened.

Calc is a different story. It seems as if there is no way, at least 
according
to the Help file, to use a fixed date field in a footer or header. I have to
manually insert the date as text if I don't want it to change. Of course
fixed dates and times can also be manually inserted in cells.

Cliff

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