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3. Finally,the'chalk'themerequiresaddingaremotestylesheetwiththisURL:'https://-
fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Covered+By+Your+Grace'toyourtemplate.See"Usinga
remotestylesheet"onpage264.
Date
TheDateelementinsertsthecurrentsystemdate,optionallymakingitdynamicsothatitupdates
wheneverthetemplateisviewedorproducesoutput.
Addingadate
ToaddaDateelement,usetheInsert > Dateoptioninthemenus.Adialogappearswiththefollowing
controls:
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Language:Usethedrop-downtoselectwhichlanguagethedateshouldbedisplayedin.
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Update Automatically:Checktoupdatethedateautomaticallywhenthetemplateisviewedor
producesoutput.Whenthisoptionischecked,aplaceholderisinsertedinthetemplateanda
scriptiscreatedtoupdateitautomatically,otherwiseastatictextwiththedateisinserted.
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Available Formats:Selectthedate/timeformatinwhichtodisplaythedate.
ClickOKtoinsertthedateorCanceltoclosethedialog.
Tip: Ifyouarelookingtoaddadatethatoriginatesfromarecordset,toatemplate,see:"Vari-
abledatainthetext"onpage297.Toinsertadateyoucoulduseeitherthedraganddrop
methodortheWizard;thelatterletsyousetthedate/timeformat.
Changingthedate
Onceinserted,adatecanbemodifieddirectlyinthetemplate(ifitdoesnotupdateautomatically)or
throughthedatescript(ifitdoesupdateautomatically).Tomodifythedateinthescript:
1. Double-clickthedatescriptintheScriptspane.
2. BetweentheroundbracketsafterDate,enterthedesireddateinthefollowingorder:year,month,
day,andoptionallyhours,minutes,seconds,milliseconds(seehttps://www.w3schools.-
com/js/js_dates.aspandhttps://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/-
docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Date.)Whenthetimeisomitted,itdefaultsto
12:00:00AM.
Formattinganautomaticallyupdatingdate
Thescriptaddedtoautomaticallyupdatethedateusestheshortdateformat.Tochangethis:
1. Double-clickthedatescriptintheScriptspane.
2. Deletethefirstlineofthescript.
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