Gobe Productive User's Guide - Page Numbers & Other Text Fields

- Working with word processing frames
- Views & layers
- Paragraph Formatting
- Character Formatting
- The table frame
- Text Wrap
- Tabs
- Page numbers and other text fields
- Page, frame & line breaks
- Styles
- Spell checking
- Find & replace
- Writing tools
- Columns
- Headers & Footers
- Footnotes & Endnotes
- Named selections
- Placing images & graphics into word processing documents

# Page Numbers & Other Text Fields

Insert a Page Number | Insert a Date Field | Insert a Time Field
Insert a Formula | Insert a Separator Line |

The Gobe Productive suite includes convenient text fields for inserting page numbers, the date, and time into your document. Each of these features is available from the Format menu.

## To Insert a Page Number

1. Position the insertion point (blinking bar) where you want to place the page number.
2. Select Insert Page # from the Format menu. The current page number is inserted. If you insert the page number in a header or footer, the field is automatically updated for each page.
3. To remove a page number, select the field and delete it.

## To Insert a Date Field

1. Position the insertion point in the document where you want to place the date.
2. Select Insert Date from the Format menu. The Date Format dialog box is displayed.
3. Select the Display option for the date.
4. By default, the field is inserted as a dynamic field. Each time the document is opened, the field is updated with the current date. If you want to disable this automatic updating and "lock" the date to the current day, check the Static box.
5. Click OK when finished. The date field is inserted in the text.

## To Insert a Time Field

1. Position the insertion point in the document where you want to place the time.
2. Select Insert Time from the Format menu. The Date Format dialog box is displayed.
3. Select the Display option for the time.
4. By default, the field is inserted as a dynamic field. Each time the document is opened, the field is updated with the current time. If you want to disable this automatic updating and "lock" the time to the current hour and minute, check the Static box.
5. Click OK when finished. The time field is inserted in the text.

## To Insert a Formula

1. Position the insertion point in the document where you want to place the formula.
2. Select Insert Formula from the Format menu. The Insert Formula dialog box is displayed.
3. Write the formula you wish to insert into the Formula field. For a detailed explanation of formulas, see the Formulas and Functions topic in the Spreadsheet section.
4. Select the Display option for the formula.
5. Click OK when finished. The result of the formula, the formula, or the formula and result are inserted in the text depending on which Display option you chose.
6. To edit the formula or how it is displayed, click on the field in the text. The Insert Formula dialog box is displayed.
7. To delete the formula or result, select the field and delete it.

## To Insert a Separator Line

A separator line is a single line which spans from the left margin to the right margin. It takes up one complete line of text. The line at the bottom of each page in this documentation is a separator line.

1. Position the insertion point in the document where you want to place the separator line.
2. Select Insert Separator Line from the Format menu.
3. The line is inserted into the text.

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