Operation Manual

Date variables use the language applied to text. For example, the creation date may appear in Spanish text as “01 diciembre 2007” and in German
as “01 Dezember 2007.”
Abbreviation Description Example
M Month number, no leading zero 8
MM Month number, leading zero 08
MMM Abbreviated month name Aug
MMMM Full month name August
d Day number, no leading zero 5
dd Day number, leading zero 05
E Weekday name, abbreviated Fri
EEEE Full weekday name Friday
yy or YY Year number, last two digits 07
y (Y) or yyyy (YYYY) Full year number 2007
G or GGGG Era, abbreviated or expanded AD or Anno Domini
h Hour, no leading zero 4
hh Hour, leading zero 04
H Hour, no leading zero, 24-hour format 16
HH Hour, leading zero, 24-hour format 16
m Minute, no leading zero 7
mm Minute leading zero 07
s Second, no leading zero 7
ss Second, leading zero 07
a AM or PM, two characters PM
z or zzzz Time zone, abbreviated or expanded PST or Pacific Standard Time
File Name
This variable inserts the name of the current file into the document. It’s commonly added to the slug area of the document for printing or used in
headers and footers. In addition to Text Before and Text After, you can choose the following options.
Include Entire Folder Path Select to include the full folder path with the file name. The standard path conventions for either Windows or Mac OS
are used.
Include File Extension Select to include the file name extension.
The File Name variable is updated whenever you save the file with a new name or to a new location. The path or extension does not appear in the
document until it’s saved.
Image Name
The Image Name variable is useful for generating automatic captions from metadata. The Image Name variable includes a Metadata Caption
variable type. If a text frame containing this variable is adjacent to or grouped with an image, the variable displays the metadata of that image. You
can edit the Image Name variable to determine which metadata field is used.
Last Page Number
The Last Page Number type is useful for adding the total number of pages in a document to headers and footers using the common “Page 3 of
12” format. In this case, the number 12 is generated by the Last Page Number, and it’s updated whenever pages are added or removed. You can
insert text before or after the last page number, and you can specify a numbering style. From the Scope menu, choose an option to determine
whether the last page number in the section or document is used.
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