We are using Pages v10.1 on a desktop mac (MacOS 10.14.6).
There seems to be no obvious way to insert automatic date and time into
documents -- not apparent in any of the toolbars, menus, pulldowns, etc.
This feature was apparently in earlier versions, formerly under the Pages icon menu
in the toolbar, but some "clever" interface designer must have hidden it.
Mac mini, macOS 10.14
There was an automatic date/time feature in Pages '09 v4.3, but not in any later Pages version from Fall 2013. It isn't simply hidden, it was never restored in the newer Pages applications.
You can insert a single-cell, borderless (table outline none) table whose cell is scaled, and date & time data format is set to your preference. Then you use a cell function now() to display that information. You won't be able to use this trick in the header or footer though.
The is best implemented in a template where the date & time will update when a new document is created. For an existing document that is opened, the time will also automatically update.
The setting of Date/Time in the header or footer is from the Insert menu, and it does not automatically update. You would have to click on this type of date insertion and on the resulting dialog, click on Set to Today to achieve current date & time.
There was an automatic date/time feature in Pages '09 v4.3, but not in any later Pages version from Fall 2013. It isn't simply hidden, it was never restored in the newer Pages applications.
You can insert a single-cell, borderless (table outline none) table whose cell is scaled, and date & time data format is set to your preference. Then you use a cell function now() to display that information. You won't be able to use this trick in the header or footer though.
The is best implemented in a template where the date & time will update when a new document is created. For an existing document that is opened, the time will also automatically update.
The setting of Date/Time in the header or footer is from the Insert menu, and it does not automatically update. You would have to click on this type of date insertion and on the resulting dialog, click on Set to Today to achieve current date & time.
THANKS SO MUCH!
Will try the cell method. Cumbersome and inelegant, but seems to work.
I think this is an example of things going downhill..........
You wonder what the developers of Pages were thinking.
You are welcome.
How to insert Date & time field in Pages (for MacOS & iOS Pad)
