I have changed my letterhead from AppleWorks to Nisus, because AW's text display *sucks*, the bad spacing makes it barely readable.
But I don't find any way to make an auto-updating Date field in NWE. Is there one?
If not, will it be in 2.0?
Auto-updating Date?
Auto-updating Date?
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Not that I have found, and I don't see it on the feature list for version 2.0. This is on my wish list, too. When it is introduced (as I expect it will be), I hope that users are given a fair bit of flexibility in setting the date format.
I would be satisfied with (and would actually prefer) a static date that can be inserted automatically, say at the time of a document's creation. Perhaps this could be accomplished through a Perl macro or AppleScript, but that's beyond my ability at this point.
--Craig
I would be satisfied with (and would actually prefer) a static date that can be inserted automatically, say at the time of a document's creation. Perhaps this could be accomplished through a Perl macro or AppleScript, but that's beyond my ability at this point.
--Craig
It's nice to hear that an auto-date feature is in the works. Now I'm curious what "other auto text features" you guys are working on. I've had some thoughts about this, which maybe I should share in a separate thread.
As for the auto-date field, I hope the format of the date (and time) is customizable. Also, I would appreciate having the option of inserting the date either as text or as an automatically updating field -- though the former option might not be high on others' wish lists.
--Craig
As for the auto-date field, I hope the format of the date (and time) is customizable. Also, I would appreciate having the option of inserting the date either as text or as an automatically updating field -- though the former option might not be high on others' wish lists.
--Craig
I agree--would like to see the choice of inserting a text date or an auto-updating field. For most of what I do, the text date will suffice. Although, for some of my documents, it would be nice to have the date the document was last modified inserted. I routinely do this in the footer of training documents I prepare.cchapin wrote:Also, I would appreciate having the option of inserting the date either as text or as an automatically updating field -- though the former option might not be high on others' wish lists.
--Craig
arjay
Indeed it does! I had forgotten to install the macros until I was going through the downloaded user guide and found mention of it there. Thanks!charles wrote:FWIW, I believe Nisus Writer Express comes with a macro to insert just the date text. Auto-updating dates, as I said before, is on the list for a future release.
Cheers,
-Charles
arjay
Well, I didn't wait until I finished the Perl book. Taking my meager knowledge of Perl thus far, I concocted a macro to insert the date. It seems to work fine, but don't expect elegant coding from me yet.
In its default state, the macro will insert the date (as text, not as an automatically updating code) in this format:
September 5, 2004
By commenting out or uncommenting a few lines, you could easily have it produce the date and/or time in the following formats:
Sunday, September 5, 2004 (9:00 p.m.)
Sunday, September 5, 2004
5 September 2004
9:00 p.m.
21:00:00
With adjustments, other formats are possible. I've used comments liberally to make it easier for others to modify the macro.
If anyone is interested in using the macro, let me know. I'm not sure how best to share it with others, but we can figure that out if there is any interest.
--Craig
In its default state, the macro will insert the date (as text, not as an automatically updating code) in this format:
September 5, 2004
By commenting out or uncommenting a few lines, you could easily have it produce the date and/or time in the following formats:
Sunday, September 5, 2004 (9:00 p.m.)
Sunday, September 5, 2004
5 September 2004
9:00 p.m.
21:00:00
With adjustments, other formats are possible. I've used comments liberally to make it easier for others to modify the macro.
If anyone is interested in using the macro, let me know. I'm not sure how best to share it with others, but we can figure that out if there is any interest.
--Craig