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Subject:RE: Help needed - Title block in MS Visio 03 From:"Dan Goldstein" <DGoldstein -at- riverainmedical -dot- com> To:<techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Wed, 29 Nov 2006 17:09:51 -0500
... and for the complete list of Visio ShapeSheet Reference functions,
see http://tinyurl.com/yypwwd
-- Dan Goldstein
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dan Goldstein
> Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2006 4:44 PM
> To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
> Subject: RE: Help needed - Title block in MS Visio 03
>
> Dear "Technical Writer":
>
> Assuming that you already have the Title Block inserted in
> your diagram:
>
> 1. Click to select *only* the black rectangle that indicates
> the date. Gray connection points are displayed along the
> perimeter of the black rectangle.
> 2. From the Window menu, select Show Shape Sheet. The shape
> sheet fills the bottom half of the screen.
> 3. Scroll down the shape sheet until you reach Text Fields.
> 4. Click the string in the Value column of the Text Fields
> section. The current string is displayed in the formula bar
> near the top of the screen: =DOCLASTSAVE()
> 5. Replace the current formula bar string with:
> =DATE(year, month, day)
> ... with date values instead of "year, month, day."
>
> NOTE: If you type something wrong, like:
> =DATE(2006, 11, 31)
> ... Visio will display this as "12/1/06."
>
> 6. Press ENTER and close the Shape Sheet.
>
> -- Dan Goldstein
>
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