In Pages 5, how to get date to automatically update upon opening a template?

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In Pages 5, how to get date to automatically update upon opening a template?

I'm using Pages 5.2. In prior versions of Appleworks and Pages I was able to construct and save a template in which the date would automatically update to the current date when the template was opened. I have tried "Insert Date" and I can click on that to update to current date, but I don't always remember to do that and therefore, some of my documents are dated several months prior.

Can't seem to find how to do it under Pages 5.2 Anyone have help or a work around?

Posted on Jun 23, 2014 3:31 PM

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Answer 1

Jun 23, 2014 3:40 PM in response to Roger83245

Well, Pages v5.2 is unrelated to any prior Apple WP application, because it is brand new, and badly in need of about 100 features/functional updates that Apple has not added. Short answer, there is no auto-update of dates in Pages v5.2.

If Pages ’09 v4.3 remains in your /Applications/iWork ’09 folder, I would advise you to use it instead.

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Jun 25, 2014 10:50 PM in response to Roger83245

I have the same problem.

What confuses me is that all the apple provided templates in pages seem to auto update their time and date upon opening.

So there MUST be a way to do it... although I've been unable to work out how...

Amnon

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