1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> 2<helpdocument version="1.0"> 3 4<!-- 5*********************************************************************** 6 * 7 * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER. 8 * 9 * Copyright 2000, 2010 Oracle and/or its affiliates. 10 * 11 * OpenOffice.org - a multi-platform office productivity suite 12 * 13 * This file is part of OpenOffice.org. 14 * 15 * OpenOffice.org is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify 16 * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License version 3 17 * only, as published by the Free Software Foundation. 18 * 19 * OpenOffice.org is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, 20 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of 21 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the 22 * GNU Lesser General Public License version 3 for more details 23 * (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code). 24 * 25 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License 26 * version 3 along with OpenOffice.org. If not, see 27 * <http://www.openoffice.org/license.html> 28 * for a copy of the LGPLv3 License. 29 * 30 ************************************************************************ 31 --> 32 33 34<meta> 35 <topic id="textswriterguidefields_datexml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH"> 36 <title xml-lang="en-US" id="tit">Inserting a Fixed or Variable Date Field</title> 37 <filename>/text/swriter/guide/fields_date.xhp</filename> 38 </topic> 39 </meta> 40 <body> 41<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id5111545"><bookmark_value>inserting;date fields</bookmark_value> 42 <bookmark_value>dates;inserting</bookmark_value> 43 <bookmark_value>date fields;fixed/variable</bookmark_value> 44 <bookmark_value>fixed dates</bookmark_value> 45 <bookmark_value>variable dates</bookmark_value> 46</bookmark> 47<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3155165" role="heading" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="1"><variable id="fields_date"><link href="text/swriter/guide/fields_date.xhp" name="Inserting a Fixed or Variable Date Field">Inserting a Fixed or Variable Date Field</link> 48</variable></paragraph> 49 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154491" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="2">You can insert the current date as a field that updates each time you open the document, or as a field that does not update.</paragraph> 50 <list type="ordered"> 51 <listitem> 52 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3147679" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="3">Choose <emph>Insert - Fields - Other</emph> and click the <emph>Document</emph> tab.</paragraph> 53 </listitem> 54 <listitem> 55 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153415" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="5">Click “Date” in the <item type="menuitem">Type</item> 56 <emph/>list and do one of the following:</paragraph> 57 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155602" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="6">To insert the date as a field that updates each time you open the document, click ”Date” in the <item type="menuitem">Select</item> 58 <emph/>list.</paragraph> 59 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154241" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="4">To insert the date as a field that does not update, click “Date (fixed)” in the <item type="menuitem">Select</item> 60 <emph/>list.</paragraph> 61 </listitem> 62 </list> 63 <embed href="text/shared/00/00000004.xhp#related"/> 64 <embed href="text/swriter/guide/fields.xhp#fields"/> 65 <embed href="text/swriter/guide/fields_userdata.xhp#fields_userdata"/> 66 <embed href="text/swriter/guide/fields_enter.xhp#fields_enter"/> 67 </body> 68</helpdocument>