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Now type a dot after formatter, press Ctrl + space and choose one of the functions to
format a date and time; see "Creating a Date object from a string" on page796.
Note
The Locale, set in the Edit > Locale dialog, has an influence on the formatting of a date. The
Locale can be the system's locale, a specific locale, or it can depend on the value of a data field; see
"Locale" on page309.
Hyperlink and mailto link
Links can be added to any template but they only work in electronic output (web pages, email
and PDF files). They can be a regular hyperlink pointing to a web page or a mailto link that will
open the default email client when clicked.
Note
Hyperlinks - both external and internal - are not preserved when printing multiple pages
on the same sheet (see "Imposition options" on page653).
HTML element: a
When you add elements, such as text, images or a table, to the content of a template, you are
actually constructing an HTML file. It is possible to edit the source of the HTML file directly in
the Designer; see "Editing HTML" on page180.
The HTML tag of a hyperlink or mailto-link is <a>. This is sometimes called an anchor tag. For a
list of attributes, see https://www.w3schools.com/tags/tag_a.asp.
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