6.2    Document Fields

OpenDocument fields can display information about the current document or about a specific part of the current document, such as the author, the current page number, or the document creation date. These fields are collectively referred to as document fields.

Document fields are often fixed. A field can be marked fixed to indicate that its content is preserved, rather than re-evaluated, when the document is edited. For example, a date field shows the current date. If the date field is marked fixed, the value of the field is preserved during subsequent edits and always reflects the original date on which the field was inserted into the document. If the field is not marked fixed, its value changes whenever the document is edited. In the same way, the author field can show the original author or the last author of a document, depending on whether the field is marked fixed or not.

The group of document fields includes:

�        Date and time fields

�        Page number fields

�        Sender and author fields

�        Chapter fields

�        File name fields

�        Document template fields