Fields are used to insert information about the current document, for example, file name, template, statistics, user data, date, and time.
Type
Lists the available field types. To add a field to your document, click a field type, click a field in the Select list, and then click Insert. The following fields are available:
TypeMeaningAuthorName or initials of current user (as entered in .ChapterInserts the chapter number and/or the chapter name.DateInserts the current date. You can insert the date as a fixed field - Date (fixed) - that does not change, or as a dynamic field - Date - that it is updated automatically. To manually update the Date field, press F9.File nameInserts the filename and/or the directory path of the current document, as well as the filename without extension.PageInserts the page number of the current, previous, or next page.Paragraph SignatureInserts a meta-data field with a digital signature for the paragraph. You must have a digital certificate to sign a paragraph.SenderInserts fields containing user data. You can change the user-data that is displayed by choosing .StatisticsInserts document statistics, such as page and word counts, as a field. To view the statistics of a document, choose , and then click the Statistics tab. TemplatesInserts the filename, the path, or the filename without the file extension of the current template. You can also insert the names of the "Category" and the "Style" formats used in the current template.TimeInserts the current time. You can insert the time as a fixed field - Time (fixed) - that does not change, or as a dynamic field - Time - that it is updated automatically. To manually update the Time field, press F9.
The following fields can only be inserted if the corresponding field type is selected in the Type list.
Selecton "Document" and "DocInformation" tab page this is called "Select", on the other tab pages "Selection"
Lists the available fields for the field type selected in the Type list. To insert a field, click the field, and then click Insert.To quickly insert a field from the Select list, double-click the field.
Format
Click the format that you want to apply to the selected field, or click "Additional formats" to define a custom format.When you click "Additional formats", the Number Format dialog opens, where you can define a custom format. If you choose "Chapter number without separator" for a chapter field, the separators that are specified for chapter number in are not displayed.If you choose "chapter number" as the format for reference fields, only the number of the chapter heading containing the referenced object is displayed in the field. If the paragraph style for the chapter heading is not numbered, the field is left blank.The following number range formats are for paragraphs formatted with numbered or bulleted lists:Inserts the field as static content, that is, the field cannot be updated.For the HTML export and import of date and time fields, special $[officename] formats are used.
Level
Enter outline level of the chapter to be displayed. The inserted field will display the value taken from last paragraph with the specified outline level placed before the inserted field.
Offset
Enter the offset value that you want to apply to a page number field, for example "+1".If you want, you can enter an Offset for the displayed page number. With an Offset value of 1, the field will display a number that is 1 more than the current page number, but only if a page with that number exists. On the last page of the document, this same field will be empty.If you want to change the actual page number and not the displayed number, do not use the Offset value. To change page numbers, read the Page Numbers guide.
Offset in days/minutes
Enter the offset that you want to apply to a date or time field.