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

The last time the program was modified is saved to the file in its 
properties (metadata). And, at least in Windows, the last time the program 
was saved is included in the file's attributes. I'm not a programmer, but I 
have to believe that that it would a fairly simple thing to have a field 
make reference to this information that's already saved in the file.

Virgil

-----Original Message----- 
From: Cliff Scott
Sent: Saturday, November 23, 2013 9:25 PM
To: users@global.libreoffice.org
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Bug report -- Libre Ofice version 
4.1.3.2

** Reply to message from "Don C. Myers" <donmyers@myersfarm.com> on Sat, 23
Nov 2013 20:34:16 -0500

The question is how to automate it. One could manually delete the date field
and reenter it when editing. That way it would have the current date and not
change, but automation could be a challenge.

Cliff

> Hi Everyone,
>
> About a year to a year and a half ago the question was asked on this
> list about when a date is filled in automatically, how it can be saved
> as the date that the file is saved, and the file will open automatically
> with the saved date instead of the current date the next time it is
> opened. The answer was fairly simple. I have minimal need for this and
> didn't write it down. Maybe the regulars to this list will remember the
> answer.
>
> Don
>
>
> On 11/23/2013 08:14 PM, Virgil Arrington wrote:
> > 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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