Adding the date or time to a document

You can insert the date and time into a document. The format of the date and time text can be edited.

You can create a custom format for the date and time.


To insert the date or time into a document

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Click where you want to add the date or time.
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Click Insert WordPerfect Office onestep Adding the date or time to a document Date/Time.
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Choose a format from the Date/Time formats list.
If you want the date or time to be updated when you open or print the document, enable the Keep the inserted date current check box.
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Click Insert.

WordPerfect Office tip Adding the date or time to a document

 
You can insert the date as text by pressing Ctrl + D.
 
You can insert the date as a code that is updated when you open or print the document by pressing Ctrl + Shift + D.

To modify the format of the date or time

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Select the date or time.
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Click Insert WordPerfect Office onestep Adding the date or time to a document Date/Time.
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Choose a new format from the Date/Time formats list box.
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Click Apply format.

To create a custom format for the date or time

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Click Insert WordPerfect Office onestep Adding the date or time to a document Date/Time.
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Click New format.
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In the Custom data/Time format dialog box, delete the codes in the Edit date/Time format box.
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Click any of the following tabs:
Year — lets you insert a year format
Month — lets you insert a month format
Day — lets you insert a day format
Time — lets you insert a time format
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Choose a code from the Code list.
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Click Insert.

WordPerfect Office note Adding the date or time to a document

 
The Date/Time sample box shows how the format will look in the document.
 
You can change the language used when you insert the date and time. For information about changing the language, see “Changing the language for WordPerfect.”

Adding the date or time to a document