To create header and footer text objects 1 Because you can’t add headers and footers in edit mode, press Enter (Mac) or Esc (Windows) to end text editing, if necessary. 2 Choose Text > Insert > Header or Text > Insert > Footer. Can- vas creates the text object, and places it in edit mode. Inserting dates, times, and page numbers You can insert date, time, and page number codes in header and footer text objects. Canvas will update the values for these codes each time it redraws the screen. Canvas uses the date and time as set in the operating system. Refer to your system documentation for information on setting the current date and time. You can insert the current date and time in standard text objects, but Canvas does not update this text; it is “stamped” into the document as regular text. You can change page number (symbol $P) and total page count (symbol $T) displayed by adding a simple formula to them. When entering the formula, you need to remember the following: •    The formula can contain only “+” and “-” as operators or numbers. Do not use spaces in between the characters. •    The formula may be of any length, but it must be in a for- mula format. To insert the date, time, or page number:  With a header or footer object in edit mode, choose an option in the Insert submenu in the Text menu; refer to the table for descriptions of the Insert sub- menu commands. You can apply text formatting to the date, time, and page codes. For example, you can change fonts, type sizes, and justification, as you would apply formatting to normal text with the Text menu or Type palette. Date and time commands To insert In this type of object Do this Updating date code Header or footer Choose Insert > Date, or type $d Date stamp Any text object Choose Insert > Date Stamp Updating time code Header or footer Choose Insert > Time, or type $e
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