Thanks for all your suggestions Dan. They work fine but unfortunately they are not a solution to my problem. I wanted to get rid of editing by hand the header each time a file was modified. I am sorry that the word "automatically" did not appear in my first enquiry. So I reformulate my problem now in a more precise way as follows:
For spreadsheets I would like to program the header in such a way that when the spreadsheet is displayed in page preview mode or is printed the header shows automatically the file modification date without me editing each time by hand the modification date in the header. I would appreciate any further suggestion. Thanks and kind regards, Thomas. -----Original Message----- From: Dan Lewis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2007 14:59 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [users] file modification date in header/footer Comment in-line: On Wednesday March 14 2007 7:56 am, Thomas Bohl wrote: > Thanks for your kind reply, Dave. What you suggest works fine for Text > Documents and I notice that I should have been more specific with my > request: > > I would like the file modification date to appear in the header for > spreadsheets (when printed). In the case of spreadsheets, I go > Format->Page->Header->Edit ... and then a panel appears which says > "Use the buttons to change the font or insert field commands such as > date, time, etc." > > It seems to me that I can only use the buttons shown in this panel to > insert field commands. The menu "Insert -> Fields" does not exist for > spreadsheets (I am using openoffice 1.1.5). > > Maybe there is some escape sequence to insert a field ...? I tried to > copy a field command from a Text Document into this panel but that > does not work. > > I would appreciate any further suggestion. > > Thanks and kind regards, > Thomas. Perhaps doing it in a completely different way might work. This is based upon OOo 1.1.4 which should be similar to 1.1.5. Use File > Page Preview to view what it should look like when printed. In the Page Preview toolbar, you should have "Format Page" and "Close Preview" as the two right entries. Click "Format Page", and then click the Header tab. Near the bottom of that window, you should see two buttons: "More", and "Edit". Click the Edit button. Each time you modify the document, you will have to change the date. You could use the Date icon, but it will always show the current date which is what you DO NOT want. There is perhaps an easier way to do this. Use the F11 key to open the Styles and Formating window. Click the Page Styles icon. Right click the Default page style (or whatever page style you are using). Select Modify from the context menu. Click the Header tab, and then the Edit button. Make any changes in the three areas of the Header (Left area, Center area, Right area) you need to make. Click OK. Then click OK again. Dan > -----Original Message----- > From: Dave Barton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2007 00:47 > To: [email protected] > Cc: Thomas Bohl > Subject: Re: [users] file modification date in header/footer > > -------- Original Message -------- > From: Thomas Bohl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Wed 14 Mar 2007 04:42:07 EST > > > Is there a (simple) way to get the file modification date in the > > header/footer of an openoffice document? > > > > > > I have searched the web and www.openoffice.org and did not find > > anything related. Where should I look? Any other advice? > > > > > > Thanks and kind regards, > > Thomas > > When the cursor is inside the header/footer select the following: > Press Ctrl+F2 keys (or menu "Insert -> Fields -> Other") then click on > the "DocInformation" tab and select "Type -> Modified -> Date -> > Format" > > Hope this helps. > > Dave > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- >-- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For >additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
