Date stamps
If you create a time stamp or a date stamp,
Finale will automatically print the current time or date on your document
each time you print it. To add a time or date stamp, you use the Text
Tool.
To
create a time or date stamp
- Click the Text Tool .
- Double-click where you want the Date or Time
stamp on the page. The text editing frame appears.
- Select font, size and style from the Text menu.
Skip this step if the default Text Block settings are the ones you want
to use. See Document Options-Fonts.
- Select Date or Time from the Inserts submenu
of the Text menu.
- Select Frame Attributes from the Text menu.
The Frame Attributes dialog box appears.
- Select Page. Choose Single Page from the popup
menu and type 1 in the first text box. (These should be the default
settings).
- Specify where you want this date stamp to appear,
using the options in the Frame Attributes dialog box. Use the alignment
and position popup menus and the Attach To options
to place the date or time stamp. See Frame
Attributes dialog box for more information.
- Click OK to exit the Frame Attributes dialog
box. The date stamp appears on the pages you specified, with the
justification you selected. To move the date stamp, drag its handle; select
the handle and press delete to remove it.
To
change the date format for date stamping
- From the Document menu, choose Document Options
and select Text. At the bottom of these options, you see two options
listed under the Date Format heading. You can choose the short format
(10/14/07) or the long format (Friday, October 14, 2007).
- Click the date format you prefer. Click Apply
to save your settings.