Re: [users] Automatic dates as in MS Office??

2006-09-12 Thread Terry
You can also add a macro to a toolbar and assign an icon to it, using Tools >Customise >Toolbar : Add : Modify - Change Icon. Adrian Try wrote: But, HOW does one call the macro when one wants to use it. I feel sure there must be a better and quicker way (shortcut?) than using menus to run a m

Re: [users] Automatic dates as in MS Office??

2006-09-11 Thread Adrian Try
True, your insert command works, but it is a long way from as convenient as what I am trying to replace. In fact, it would probably be faster to just type in the date every time than go through this routine. So, I reasoned that I should be able to Record a Macro to do it, and that proved very simp

Re: [users] Automatic dates as in MS Office??

2006-09-11 Thread Senefelder Services
At 12:48 PM 8/14/2006, you wrote: Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2006 13:48:56 -0500 From: Dan Lewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [users] Automatic dates as in MS Office?? To: users@openoffice.org Cc: Garth Robertson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] User-Agent: KMail/1.8.2

Re: [users] Automatic dates as in MS Office??

2006-08-14 Thread Dan Lewis
On Sunday 13 August 2006 10:11 pm, Garth Robertson wrote: > I am trying out the latest version of Writer, and am very impressed > - enough so that I want to switch. However, I use the feature in > Word that automatically inserts the present date when you type in a > day of the week, comma, space. I

[users] Automatic dates as in MS Office??

2006-08-14 Thread Garth Robertson
I am trying out the latest version of Writer, and am very impressed - enough so that I want to switch. However, I use the feature in Word that automatically inserts the present date when you type in a day of the week, comma, space. Is there anything in Writer that would allow me to do something si