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30         <title xml-lang="en-US" id="tit">Inserting a Fixed or Variable Date Field</title>
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37      <bookmark_value>date fields;fixed/variable</bookmark_value>
38      <bookmark_value>fixed dates</bookmark_value>
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43      <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>
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46            <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>
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49            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153415" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="5">Click “Date” in the <item type="menuitem">Type</item> list and do one of the following:</paragraph>
50            <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> list.</paragraph>
51            <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> list.</paragraph>
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