Add date to pages

[tnwalkinghorse]

I already know how to add a page number to every page, but is there a way to add a date to every page for the entire year?

 

[walt.farrell]

5 minutes ago, tnwalkinghorse said:

I already know how to add a page number to every page, but is there a way to add a date to every page for the entire year?

 

What format would like for the date?

[tnwalkinghorse]

Just now, walt.farrell said:

What format would like for the date?

Wednesday, January 1st, 2020

 

[walt.farrell]

And then, presumably, Thursday, January 2nd, 2020 for the next page, etc.?

In that case, as far as I know, you cannot do that with Publisher or any of the Affinity applications.

[tnwalkinghorse]

1 minute ago, walt.farrell said:

And then, presumably, Thursday, January 2nd, 2020 for the next page, etc.?

In that case, as far as I know, you cannot do that with Publisher or any of the Affinity applications.

That's correct, such as we can do with page numbers on the master page...then add more pages and the page number will follow.  

[tnwalkinghorse]

Just now, tnwalkinghorse said:

That's correct, such as we can do with page numbers on the master page...then add more pages and the page number will follow.  

Or can a list be imported from Excel with the dates in Excel?

 

[carl123]

11 hours ago, tnwalkinghorse said:

Or can a list be imported from Excel with the dates in Excel?

Yes, generate the list in Excel with one line per date

Create a text frame on page 1 of your document just tall enough to hold one line of text

Paste your Excel text into that text frame (modify the text frame height to ensure it shows just one line of text, if need be)

Zoom into the text frame and Shift-Click the right--hand side red triangle to autoflow the hidden lines of text onto 365 additional pages

 

You can also put the text frame on a master page, where the procedure is slightly different but if on a master page it will also allow you to change certain things (such as the position of the text frame on all pages) after you generate all the pages.  If unsure what to do just practice on a normal page first

[walt.farrell]

6 hours ago, carl123 said:

Yes, generate the list in Excel with one line per date

Create a text frame on page 1 of your document just tall enough to hold one line of text

Paste your Excel text into that text frame (modify the text frame height to ensure it shows just one line of text, if need be)

Zoom into the text frame and Shift-Click the right--hand side red triangle to autoflow the hidden lines of text onto 365 additional pages

Clever solution, Carl. Thanks!

[tnwalkinghorse]

Thank you Carl...time to play now.  lol