1cdf0e10cSrcweir<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> 28bb3cbefSmseidel 34effe28eSAndrew Rist<!--*********************************************************** 48bb3cbefSmseidel * 54effe28eSAndrew Rist * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one 64effe28eSAndrew Rist * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file 74effe28eSAndrew Rist * distributed with this work for additional information 84effe28eSAndrew Rist * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file 94effe28eSAndrew Rist * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the 104effe28eSAndrew Rist * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance 114effe28eSAndrew Rist * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at 128bb3cbefSmseidel * 134effe28eSAndrew Rist * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 148bb3cbefSmseidel * 154effe28eSAndrew Rist * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, 164effe28eSAndrew Rist * software distributed under the License is distributed on an 174effe28eSAndrew Rist * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY 184effe28eSAndrew Rist * KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the 194effe28eSAndrew Rist * specific language governing permissions and limitations 204effe28eSAndrew Rist * under the License. 218bb3cbefSmseidel * 224effe28eSAndrew Rist ***********************************************************--> 234effe28eSAndrew Rist 248bb3cbefSmseidel<helpdocument version="1.0"> 25cdf0e10cSrcweir<meta> 268bb3cbefSmseidel<topic id="textswriterguidefields_datexml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH"> 278bb3cbefSmseidel<title xml-lang="en-US" id="tit">Inserting a Fixed or Variable Date Field</title> 288bb3cbefSmseidel<filename>/text/swriter/guide/fields_date.xhp</filename> 298bb3cbefSmseidel</topic> 308bb3cbefSmseidel</meta> 318bb3cbefSmseidel<body> 32c2b55da1Smseidel<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id5111545"> 33c2b55da1Smseidel<bookmark_value>inserting;date fields</bookmark_value> 348bb3cbefSmseidel<bookmark_value>dates;inserting</bookmark_value> 358bb3cbefSmseidel<bookmark_value>date fields;fixed/variable</bookmark_value> 368bb3cbefSmseidel<bookmark_value>fixed dates</bookmark_value> 378bb3cbefSmseidel<bookmark_value>variable dates</bookmark_value> 38cdf0e10cSrcweir</bookmark> 39*cc2c304dSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3155165" role="heading" level="1" l10n="U"><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> 40cdf0e10cSrcweir</variable></paragraph> 41*cc2c304dSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154491" role="paragraph" l10n="U">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> 428bb3cbefSmseidel<list type="ordered"> 438bb3cbefSmseidel<listitem> 44*cc2c304dSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3147679" role="listitem" l10n="U">Choose <emph>Insert - Fields - Other</emph> and click the <emph>Document</emph> tab.</paragraph> 458bb3cbefSmseidel</listitem> 468bb3cbefSmseidel<listitem> 47*cc2c304dSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153415" role="listitem" l10n="U">Click “Date” in the <item type="menuitem">Type</item> list and do one of the following:</paragraph> 48*cc2c304dSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155602" role="listitem" l10n="U">To insert the date as a field that updates each time you open the document, click ”Date” in the <item type="menuitem">Select</item> list.</paragraph> 49*cc2c304dSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154241" role="listitem" l10n="U">To insert the date as a field that does not update, click “Date (fixed)” in the <item type="menuitem">Select</item> list.</paragraph> 508bb3cbefSmseidel</listitem> 518bb3cbefSmseidel</list> 528bb3cbefSmseidel<embed href="text/shared/00/00000004.xhp#related"/> 538bb3cbefSmseidel<embed href="text/swriter/guide/fields.xhp#fields"/> 548bb3cbefSmseidel<embed href="text/swriter/guide/fields_userdata.xhp#fields_userdata"/> 558bb3cbefSmseidel<embed href="text/swriter/guide/fields_enter.xhp#fields_enter"/> 568bb3cbefSmseidel</body> 578bb3cbefSmseidel</helpdocument> 58