Insert edition date on dateline
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| 1. | Open a master page for editing. |
| 2. | Insert a text frame where you want, and scale it to fit the largest possible edition date. |
| 3. | Press the Spacebar key to open the source editing pane. |
| 4. | On the Type menu, point to Insert Special Character, point to Markers, and then select what you want among edition date commands. |
5. Format it as you want.
Alternatively, display tags in the source pane (ALT+F9), press F9, and then type the tags as specified below.
Tags and examples related to edition date
The shortest method is to insert a user-defined tag >wedate<. Such tag, available in the J style library, produces a standard date format. Note: you can modify the >wedate< tag, to suit your regional date settings. Thus, to insert such dateline, just type type >wedate< in the local text placeholder on a master page, as explained in Insert page number and other data.
Anyway, you may want to construct the dateline on your own. To do it, use the following table:
To insert |
Enter tags |
Edition day |
>writei EDay< |
Edition day as ordinal number |
>writei EDay, ' 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th (....)'<* |
Edition day as name |
>writei EDay, ' One Two Three Four Five Six Seven Eight (....)'<* |
Edition weekday |
>writei EWeekDay, ' Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun'< |
Edition month as name |
>writei EMonth, ' Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec'< |
Edition month as Roman uppercase |
>writei EMonth,u< |
Edition year, 4 digits |
>writei EYear< |
edition date in format day-month-year, type |
>writei EDay<->writei EMonth<->writei EYear< |
* Add strings for all possible numbers, e.g. up to 31.
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