1*cdf0e10cSrcweir<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> 2*cdf0e10cSrcweir<helpdocument version="1.0"> 3*cdf0e10cSrcweir 4*cdf0e10cSrcweir<!-- 5*cdf0e10cSrcweir*********************************************************************** 6*cdf0e10cSrcweir * 7*cdf0e10cSrcweir * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER. 8*cdf0e10cSrcweir * 9*cdf0e10cSrcweir * Copyright 2000, 2010 Oracle and/or its affiliates. 10*cdf0e10cSrcweir * 11*cdf0e10cSrcweir * OpenOffice.org - a multi-platform office productivity suite 12*cdf0e10cSrcweir * 13*cdf0e10cSrcweir * This file is part of OpenOffice.org. 14*cdf0e10cSrcweir * 15*cdf0e10cSrcweir * OpenOffice.org is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify 16*cdf0e10cSrcweir * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License version 3 17*cdf0e10cSrcweir * only, as published by the Free Software Foundation. 18*cdf0e10cSrcweir * 19*cdf0e10cSrcweir * OpenOffice.org is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, 20*cdf0e10cSrcweir * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of 21*cdf0e10cSrcweir * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the 22*cdf0e10cSrcweir * GNU Lesser General Public License version 3 for more details 23*cdf0e10cSrcweir * (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code). 24*cdf0e10cSrcweir * 25*cdf0e10cSrcweir * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License 26*cdf0e10cSrcweir * version 3 along with OpenOffice.org. If not, see 27*cdf0e10cSrcweir * <http://www.openoffice.org/license.html> 28*cdf0e10cSrcweir * for a copy of the LGPLv3 License. 29*cdf0e10cSrcweir * 30*cdf0e10cSrcweir ************************************************************************ 31*cdf0e10cSrcweir --> 32*cdf0e10cSrcweir 33*cdf0e10cSrcweir 34*cdf0e10cSrcweir<meta> 35*cdf0e10cSrcweir <topic id="textswriterguidefields_datexml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH"> 36*cdf0e10cSrcweir <title xml-lang="en-US" id="tit">Inserting a Fixed or Variable Date Field</title> 37*cdf0e10cSrcweir <filename>/text/swriter/guide/fields_date.xhp</filename> 38*cdf0e10cSrcweir </topic> 39*cdf0e10cSrcweir </meta> 40*cdf0e10cSrcweir <body> 41*cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id5111545"><bookmark_value>inserting;date fields</bookmark_value> 42*cdf0e10cSrcweir <bookmark_value>dates;inserting</bookmark_value> 43*cdf0e10cSrcweir <bookmark_value>date fields;fixed/variable</bookmark_value> 44*cdf0e10cSrcweir <bookmark_value>fixed dates</bookmark_value> 45*cdf0e10cSrcweir <bookmark_value>variable dates</bookmark_value> 46*cdf0e10cSrcweir</bookmark> 47*cdf0e10cSrcweir<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*cdf0e10cSrcweir</variable></paragraph> 49*cdf0e10cSrcweir <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*cdf0e10cSrcweir <list type="ordered"> 51*cdf0e10cSrcweir <listitem> 52*cdf0e10cSrcweir <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*cdf0e10cSrcweir </listitem> 54*cdf0e10cSrcweir <listitem> 55*cdf0e10cSrcweir <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153415" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="5">Click “Date” in the <item type="menuitem">Type</item> 56*cdf0e10cSrcweir <emph/>list and do one of the following:</paragraph> 57*cdf0e10cSrcweir <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*cdf0e10cSrcweir <emph/>list.</paragraph> 59*cdf0e10cSrcweir <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*cdf0e10cSrcweir <emph/>list.</paragraph> 61*cdf0e10cSrcweir </listitem> 62*cdf0e10cSrcweir </list> 63*cdf0e10cSrcweir <embed href="text/shared/00/00000004.xhp#related"/> 64*cdf0e10cSrcweir <embed href="text/swriter/guide/fields.xhp#fields"/> 65*cdf0e10cSrcweir <embed href="text/swriter/guide/fields_userdata.xhp#fields_userdata"/> 66*cdf0e10cSrcweir <embed href="text/swriter/guide/fields_enter.xhp#fields_enter"/> 67*cdf0e10cSrcweir </body> 68*cdf0e10cSrcweir</helpdocument>