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The Gobe Productive suite includes convenient text fields for inserting page
numbers, the date, and time into your document. Each of these features is
available from the Format menu.
- Position the insertion point (blinking bar) where you want to place the page number.
- Select Insert Page # from the Format menu. The
current page number is inserted. If you insert the page number in a header or
footer, the field is automatically updated for each page.
- To remove a page number, select the field and delete it.
- Position the insertion point in the document where you want to place the date.
- Select Insert Date from the Format menu. The
Date Format dialog box is displayed.
 
- Select the Display option for the date.
- By default, the field is inserted as a dynamic field. Each time the document is
opened, the field is updated with the current date. If you want to disable this
automatic updating and "lock" the date to the current day, check the Static
box.
- Click OK when finished. The date field is inserted in the text.
- Position the insertion point in the document where you want to place the time.
- Select Insert Time from the Format menu. The
Date Format dialog box is displayed.

- Select the Display option for the time.
- By default, the field is inserted as a dynamic field. Each time the document is
opened, the field is updated with the current time. If you want to disable this
automatic updating and "lock" the time to the current hour and minute, check the
Static box.
- Click OK when finished. The time field is inserted in the text.
- Position the insertion point in the document where you want to place the formula.
- Select Insert Formula from the Format menu. The
Insert Formula dialog box is displayed.

- Write the formula you wish to insert into the Formula field. For a detailed
explanation of formulas, see the Formulas and Functions
topic in the Spreadsheet section.
- Select the Display option for the formula.
- Click OK when finished. The result of the formula, the formula,
or the formula and result are inserted in the text depending on which Display option you
chose.
- To edit the formula or how it is displayed, click on the field in the text. The
Insert Formula dialog box is displayed.
- To delete the formula or result, select the field and delete it.
A separator line is a single line which spans from the left margin to the right
margin. It takes up one complete line of text. The line at the bottom of each
page in this documentation is a separator line.
- Position the insertion point in the document where you want to place the separator line.
- Select Insert Separator Line from the Format menu.
- The line is inserted into the text.

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