Re: Insert Time Not Updated

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From: Elliott Roper (nospam_at_yrl.co.uk)
Date: 08/08/04 

Date: Sun, 08 Aug 2004 13:45:49 +0100

In article <BD3AFE35.32F5%raf44ael98@sbcglobal.net>, Montserrat
<raf44ael98@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> g3 wallstreet pb os 9.2.2
>
> What I want to accomplish is to insert the date and time at the cursor and
> then proceed with additional date and time inserts which all remain on the
> document just as I typed them. I don't want them updated so that after 4
> hours all the inserts register present time. I want the inserts fixed on the
> page in chronological order.
>
> I am documenting the time I start working on a document, and the time I stop
> working on it, on the pages of the document itself.
>
>
> Here's what I did, thinking I'd set up my time in-time out system:
> In the "Insert --> Date and Time" box I clicked "8/7/04 8:38 PM" as my
> format.
>
> I left the "Update automatically" check box unchecked.**
>
> I inserted these times about ten times in a four hour period, and now I see
> that all the inserted times have advanced to present time. They are all
> telling me what time it is now.
>
> In a blank document I have not been able to repeat what happened. All
> inserts remain as written.
>
> I inserted date & time with the "Update automatically" box both checked and
> unchecked. I even closed, then opened, the document and the times did not
> advance.
>
> But they DID advance in my working document. (I'm told not to use HTML in
> newsgroups, so by capitalizing I'm not screaming, I'm adding emphasis)
>
> Any clues on how I can get my idea to work properly?

You may be doing something to update the fields in your document
manually. e.g create table of contents ?

In v.X there is a command called LockFields whose keyboard shortcut is
cmd-3

I'd suggest you create a macro to insert the time and lock it and then
attach a keystroke to it.

Note, I have not tested any of this, except to confirm that locked
times don't update when I select them and do an UpdateFields command. 

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