1*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> 2*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<helpdocument version="1.0"> 3*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 4*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<!--*********************************************************** 5*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * 6*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one 7*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file 8*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * distributed with this work for additional information 9*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file 10*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the 11*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance 12*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at 13*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * 14*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 15*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * 16*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, 17*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * software distributed under the License is distributed on an 18*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY 19*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the 20*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * specific language governing permissions and limitations 21*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * under the License. 22*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * 23*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski ***********************************************************--> 24*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 25*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 26*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 27*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 28*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<meta> 29*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <topic id="textswriterguidefields_datexml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH"> 30*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <title xml-lang="en-US" id="tit">Inserting a Fixed or Variable Date Field</title> 31*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <filename>/text/swriter/guide/fields_date.xhp</filename> 32*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </topic> 33*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </meta> 34*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <body> 35*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id5111545"><bookmark_value>inserting;date fields</bookmark_value> 36*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <bookmark_value>dates;inserting</bookmark_value> 37*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <bookmark_value>date fields;fixed/variable</bookmark_value> 38*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <bookmark_value>fixed dates</bookmark_value> 39*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <bookmark_value>variable dates</bookmark_value> 40*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</bookmark> 41*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<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> 42*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</variable></paragraph> 43*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <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> 44*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <list type="ordered"> 45*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <listitem> 46*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <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> 47*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </listitem> 48*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <listitem> 49*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153415" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="5">Click “Date” in the <item type="menuitem">Type</item> 50*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <emph/>list and do one of the following:</paragraph> 51*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <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> 52*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <emph/>list.</paragraph> 53*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <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> 54*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <emph/>list.</paragraph> 55*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </listitem> 56*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </list> 57*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <embed href="text/shared/00/00000004.xhp#related"/> 58*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <embed href="text/swriter/guide/fields.xhp#fields"/> 59*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <embed href="text/swriter/guide/fields_userdata.xhp#fields_userdata"/> 60*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <embed href="text/swriter/guide/fields_enter.xhp#fields_enter"/> 61*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </body> 62*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</helpdocument>