Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Bug report -- Libre Ofice version 4.1.3.2

Hi Everyone,

About a year to a year and a half ago the question was asked on this 
list about when a date is filled in automatically, how it can be saved 
as the date that the file is saved, and the file will open automatically 
with the saved date instead of the current date the next time it is 
opened. The answer was fairly simple. I have minimal need for this and 
didn't write it down. Maybe the regulars to this list will remember the 
answer.

Don


On 11/23/2013 08:14 PM, Virgil Arrington wrote:
> I think what the Original Poster was seeking was a "semi-fixed" date.
>
> A fixed date would simply be the same as if one typed in the date by 
> hand. It would never change. A "dynamic" date field would change every 
> time the date changed. What I think the OP wants is for the field to 
> reflect the date on which the file was last edited and saved. So, 
> oversimplifying the question, there would be three possible dates -- 
> the original date the file was created, the last time the file was 
> edited and saved, and the current date (whenever that may be). It 
> appears from a quick glance at LO's field dialogs that one can get the 
> first and third options, but not the second. But, I'm not an expert on 
> date fields.
>
> While I agree this might be helpful, I would not characterize it as a 
> "bug." Perhaps a feature request (if in fact LO can't do what the OP 
> wants)
>
> Virgil
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Cliff Scott
> Sent: Saturday, November 23, 2013 3:11 PM
> To: users@global.libreoffice.org
> Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Bug report -- Libre Ofice version 
> 4.1.3.2
>
> ** Reply to message from william drescher <william@TechServSys.com> on 
> Sat,
> 23 Nov 2013 08:01:57 -0500
>
> > On 11/23/2013 12:50 AM, Robert Baker wrote:
> > >
> > > 1) There is no way (that I have found) to insert the date and time 
> > as > text;
> > > the only option is to insert them as a field, meaning that the next 
> > time
> > > the document is opened, the date and time shown would be when it was
> > > re-opened, rather than when it was last edited which is what I 
> > want. I > had
> > > to take the file back into MS Word just to add the date and time, 
> > but I
> > > want to be rid of Word.
> > >
> >
> > The simple way of adding a date: Insert->fields->date will add a
> > date that does not change.  You have to go through a few more
> > steps to get a date that is current when the file is opened.
> > So, no problem with this one.
> >
> > I will leave the other questions to those that are more expert.
> >
> > bill
>
> Just to clarify this a little more, in Writer the default seems to be to
> insert a fixed date and or time. If you RMB on the field and select field
> from the popup menu that will give you all the options for format and 
> whether
> it is a fixed value or updates each time it is opened.
>
> Calc is a different story. It seems as if there is no way, at least 
> according
> to the Help file, to use a fixed date field in a footer or header. I 
> have to
> manually insert the date as text if I don't want it to change. Of course
> fixed dates and times can also be manually inserted in cells.
>
> Cliff

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