automatic date

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Jorge

Some years ago I set up my template documents to automatically insert date,
and day of the week in all my letters.

can't remember how I did it but now I was messing about with the macros and
the facility disappeared.

help...

jorge
 
Hi, Jorge,

You don't need a macro to do this. Open the template directly (using the
File > Open dialog, navigate to the Templates folder and open the template).
At the place where you want the date, insert a CreateDate field. Either in
the Insert > Field dialog or later by right-clicking the field and selecting
Toggle Field Code, edit the formatting string so that the field code looks
like this:

CREATEDATE \@ "dddd, MMMM d, yyyy" \* MERGEFORMAT

or something similar if you want a format different from "Saturday, August
2, 2003".

Save the template, and then use the File > New dialog to open a new document
based on that template. The formatted date will automatically appear.
 
Hi

Whatever I had gave me the date, etc.

Now when I open the files I get the code
{CREATEDATE \@ "dddd, d’ de ‘MMMM de ‘yyyy" \* MERGEFORMAT}

which is slightly different from what you gave me.

instead of say: domingo, 20 de Maio de 2001

I did not mess around with the template, so I can't understand what happened


qim
 
Hi Jay

maybe I did not explain myself too well.

When I open the templates all "seems" in order.

It is when I open the files (the letters) that I wrote long ago, that
instead of them opening with the date when they were written, I get instead
the code exactly as it is in the template.

Any ideas?

thanks

qim
 
There is nothing wrong with your template, you merely have the display
toggled to show the field construction. ALT+F9 should fix it.

As for the discrepancy between your own and Jay's suggested field
construction, the difference is merely attributable to regional variation.

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