1cdf0e10cSrcweir<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> 2cdf0e10cSrcweir<helpdocument version="1.0"> 3cdf0e10cSrcweir 4*4effe28eSAndrew Rist<!--*********************************************************** 5cdf0e10cSrcweir * 6*4effe28eSAndrew Rist * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one 7*4effe28eSAndrew Rist * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file 8*4effe28eSAndrew Rist * distributed with this work for additional information 9*4effe28eSAndrew Rist * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file 10*4effe28eSAndrew Rist * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the 11*4effe28eSAndrew Rist * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance 12*4effe28eSAndrew Rist * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at 13*4effe28eSAndrew Rist * 14*4effe28eSAndrew Rist * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 15*4effe28eSAndrew Rist * 16*4effe28eSAndrew Rist * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, 17*4effe28eSAndrew Rist * software distributed under the License is distributed on an 18*4effe28eSAndrew Rist * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY 19*4effe28eSAndrew Rist * KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the 20*4effe28eSAndrew Rist * specific language governing permissions and limitations 21*4effe28eSAndrew Rist * under the License. 22*4effe28eSAndrew Rist * 23*4effe28eSAndrew Rist ***********************************************************--> 24*4effe28eSAndrew Rist 25*4effe28eSAndrew Rist 26cdf0e10cSrcweir 27cdf0e10cSrcweir 28cdf0e10cSrcweir<meta> 29cdf0e10cSrcweir <topic id="textswriterguidefields_datexml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH"> 30cdf0e10cSrcweir <title xml-lang="en-US" id="tit">Inserting a Fixed or Variable Date Field</title> 31cdf0e10cSrcweir <filename>/text/swriter/guide/fields_date.xhp</filename> 32cdf0e10cSrcweir </topic> 33cdf0e10cSrcweir </meta> 34cdf0e10cSrcweir <body> 35cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id5111545"><bookmark_value>inserting;date fields</bookmark_value> 36cdf0e10cSrcweir <bookmark_value>dates;inserting</bookmark_value> 37cdf0e10cSrcweir <bookmark_value>date fields;fixed/variable</bookmark_value> 38cdf0e10cSrcweir <bookmark_value>fixed dates</bookmark_value> 39cdf0e10cSrcweir <bookmark_value>variable dates</bookmark_value> 40cdf0e10cSrcweir</bookmark> 41cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 42cdf0e10cSrcweir</variable></paragraph> 43cdf0e10cSrcweir <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> 44cdf0e10cSrcweir <list type="ordered"> 45cdf0e10cSrcweir <listitem> 46cdf0e10cSrcweir <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> 47cdf0e10cSrcweir </listitem> 48cdf0e10cSrcweir <listitem> 49cdf0e10cSrcweir <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153415" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="5">Click “Date” in the <item type="menuitem">Type</item> 50cdf0e10cSrcweir <emph/>list and do one of the following:</paragraph> 51cdf0e10cSrcweir <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> 52cdf0e10cSrcweir <emph/>list.</paragraph> 53cdf0e10cSrcweir <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> 54cdf0e10cSrcweir <emph/>list.</paragraph> 55cdf0e10cSrcweir </listitem> 56cdf0e10cSrcweir </list> 57cdf0e10cSrcweir <embed href="text/shared/00/00000004.xhp#related"/> 58cdf0e10cSrcweir <embed href="text/swriter/guide/fields.xhp#fields"/> 59cdf0e10cSrcweir <embed href="text/swriter/guide/fields_userdata.xhp#fields_userdata"/> 60cdf0e10cSrcweir <embed href="text/swriter/guide/fields_enter.xhp#fields_enter"/> 61cdf0e10cSrcweir </body> 62cdf0e10cSrcweir</helpdocument>