To get started, first open an existing document or create a new one. Then, place your cursor in the location where you want to add your automatically updated date and time stamp. In my case below, I’m clicking on a new line underneath my current text. Because yes, for some reason I need the date and time there. Then choose the Insert menu at the top of your screen and click on Date and Time. That is one heckin’ long menu. When the formatting window pops up, select the format you’d like to use for the date and/or time. Making this selection and clicking OK will simply add the current date and time and it will stay that way unless you manually change it. To have the date and time stamp change automatically each time the document is edited, click the box labeled Update automatically. Click “OK,” and will put your formatted date and time in your document. Now, each time you, or someone else with editing privileges, opens the document, the date and time will update automatically to their new values. That’s awesome, but there’s even more magic associated with this. I purchased Office for Mac 2011 in April 2012. Since then, periodic updates to the program have been sent to my email address for download. I am changing that email address. The Office for Mac 14.4.6 update is also available from Microsoft AutoUpdate. AutoUpdate is a program that automatically keeps Microsoft software up-to-date. To use AutoUpdate, start a Microsoft Office program. Then, click Check for Updates on the Help menu. If you click your date and time afterward, you’ll note that there’s a box around it. You can click and drag the blue handle I’ve called out above to reposition your date within your text, and if you’d like, you can also anywhere on the box to reveal an “Update Field” option. Click that (or use the keyboard shortcut Option-Shift-Command-U) and your info will refresh to the current date and time without you having to close the file and reopen it. So if you need to prove that you did work today, you can definitely do that! Well, at least you can prove that you opened the document, anyway. That’s work enough, right? Want news and tips from TekRevue delivered directly to your inbox? Sign up for the TekRevue Weekly Digest using the box below. Get tips, reviews, news, and giveaways reserved exclusively for subscribers.
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