Inserting Fields
Fields provide you with a rapid means of inserting date, title, and page number in a diagram. Fields are updated continually, and therefore when printing your diagram, you need not manually update your diagram to print the correct date.
To insert a field in a diagram:
1. Click
then
Field.
The Insert Field dialog box appears.
2. Select the desired field in the Field Type box.
The contents of the Format box are determined by the type of field you selected.
Field formats
Formats appear as follows:
• Date and time
• JJ: day
• MM: month number (1-12)
• MMMM: month name
• YY: year in two numbers (01)
• YYYY: year in four numbers (2001)
• hh:mm: hour and minutes on 24 h (14:45)
• hh:mm AM/PM: hour and minutes on 12 h (2:45 AM)
• Title/short title
• AAAAA AAAAA AAAAA: Uppercase
• Aaaaa Aaaaa Aaaaa: First letter in uppercase
• aaaaa aaaaa aaaaa: Diagram name all lowercase
• Page number
• 1 2 3 : Arabic numerals
• A B C: Letters
• I II III: Roman numerals
• 1/x 2/x 3/x: Page number in Arabic numerals followed by total number of pages
• 1A 1B 1C 2A 2B 2C : Numbering in rows and columns.
• Diagram creator
• Diagram modifier
• Diagram creation date / time
• Diagram modification date / time
• Diagram nature
• Short name of object described
• Long name of object described