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1. Re: Inserting automatic date - updating a date field automatically fields into an inDesign document.
Steve Werner Aug 28, 2012 6:18 AM (in response to Lucien Schilling)You should use a text variable. You can create one by choosing Type > Text Variables > Define. Use Type > Text Variables > Insert Variables to place the marker in a text frame.
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2. Re: Inserting automatic date - updating a date field automatically fields into an inDesign document.
P Spier Aug 28, 2012 6:25 AM (in response to Lucien Schilling)ID has three types of date variables, Creation date, modification date, and output date.
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3. Re: Inserting automatic date - updating a date field automatically fields into an inDesign document.
Lucien Schilling Aug 28, 2012 6:53 AM (in response to Steve Werner)Thanks! I saw that "Text Variables" but didn't go further, because I thought of user defined variables. Helps even more, because the "last Page Number" is also present, and I missed it too.
One drawback: "Output date" does not include the PDF export! We export documents, and technically this is our "output". Used the "modification date" is quite the same or even better, as you may create a new output from an otherwise unmodified document.




