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35      <topic id="textswriterguidefields_datexml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH">
36         <title xml-lang="en-US" id="tit">Inserting a Fixed or Variable Date Field</title>
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41<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id5111545"><bookmark_value>inserting;date fields</bookmark_value>
42      <bookmark_value>dates;inserting</bookmark_value>
43      <bookmark_value>date fields;fixed/variable</bookmark_value>
44      <bookmark_value>fixed dates</bookmark_value>
45      <bookmark_value>variable dates</bookmark_value>
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47<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>
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49      <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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52            <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         </listitem>
54         <listitem>
55            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153415" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="5">Click “Date” in the <item type="menuitem">Type</item>
56               <emph/>list and do one of the following:</paragraph>
57            <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               <emph/>list.</paragraph>
59            <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               <emph/>list.</paragraph>
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