Microsoft KB Archive/64160

Works: Inserting the Current Date into Word Processor Document

PSS ID Number: Q64160 Article last modified on 06-10-1996

2.00

MACINTOSH

= SUMMARY =

To insert the current date into a Microsoft Works Word Processor document, do the following:

  If a previously created database is to be used, do the following:   Create one field, choose Set Field Attributes from the Format menu, and apply the Date and Computed attributes. Select the appropriate date format. Press OK.   From the Format menu, choose Show List.   Enter the following formula in the cell below the field name: =Now   Save the database.   Follow steps 3-5 below.    If a new database is created, do the following:   Create two fields with the names Date and Test. </li>  Select the Date field and choose Set Field Attributes from the Format menu. Apply the Date and Computed attributes. Select the appropriate date format. Press OK. </li>  Enter the following formula in the first cell in the Data column: =Now </li>  In the Test field, type “Testing” (without the quotation marks) and press RETURN. </li>  Save the database. </li></ol> </li>  Activate an existing Word Processor document or open a new Word Processor document. </li>  From the Edit menu, choose Prepare To Merge. </li>  Select the database and the field name and click Merge. </li></ol>

Works will print the current date where the field was merged.

= MORE INFORMATION =

Works can display dates in the following three formats: Short (3/21/90), Medium (Mar 21, 1990), and Long (March 21, 1990).

For more information on performing a print merge, see pages 381-392 in the “Using Microsoft Works” version 2.0 manual.

KBCategory: kbprint KBSubcategory: macworkskb

= Additional reference words: mwksdb mwkswp =

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