Date and Time of Print

[Dave]

Is there anyway that I can get Visio to print the Date & Time on a diagram [
i.e. the date the print was executed or the last save date ].
You can do this i excel from Print Set Up.

Thanks

 

[John Marshall, MVP]

Use Insert Field to place the date and time on the page. If there is more
than one page, you can place the field on a background page.

You can also add the information to the Headers and Footers.

John... Visio MVP

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[Scott]

John's suggestion works nicely if you want one of the four date/time fields
that are defined on the Insert Field menu: Creation, Current, Last Edit,
Print.

You also asked about Last Save date, which isn't one of the four choices
(note: Last Edit changes everytime you do anything to the drawing; Last Save
only changes when you actually do a save).

The good news is that Last Save does exist but it takes an easy, minor
modification to the shapesheet, assuming you're familiar with shapesheets.
The easiest way is to do exactly as John suggests, i.e., drop a shape on the
page, Insert/Field and pick one of the choices, say Last Edit Date/Time. Then
open the shapesheet for the shape and look for the Text Fields Section.
Change DOCLASTEDIT() to DOCLASTSAVE(), and close the shapesheet. You'll now
display (and print) the last time the drawing was saved, which in many ways
is more useful that the last time it was edited.

Use Insert Field to place the date and time on the page. If there is more
than one page, you can place the field on a background page.

You can also add the information to the Headers and Footers.

John... Visio MVP

Need stencils or ideas? http://visio.mvps.org/3rdparty.htm
Need VBA examples? http://visio.mvps.org/VBA.htm
Visio Wishlist http://visio.mvps.org/wish_list.htm

Is there anyway that I can get Visio to print the Date & Time on a diagram
[
i.e. the date the print was executed or the last save date ].
You can do this i excel from Print Set Up.

Thanks

 

[John Marshall, MVP]

Good catch. One note, if the file has not been saved, it shows the current
date.

I've added a request to add LastSave to the Insert Field Dialog to the Wish
List.

John... Visio MVP

Need stencils or ideas? http://visio.mvps.org/3rdparty.htm
Need VBA examples? http://visio.mvps.org/VBA.htm
Visio Wishlist http://visio.mvps.org/wish_list.htm

John's suggestion works nicely if you want one of the four date/time
fields
that are defined on the Insert Field menu: Creation, Current, Last Edit,
Print.

You also asked about Last Save date, which isn't one of the four choices
(note: Last Edit changes everytime you do anything to the drawing; Last
Save
only changes when you actually do a save).

The good news is that Last Save does exist but it takes an easy, minor
modification to the shapesheet, assuming you're familiar with shapesheets.
The easiest way is to do exactly as John suggests, i.e., drop a shape on
the
page, Insert/Field and pick one of the choices, say Last Edit Date/Time.
Then
open the shapesheet for the shape and look for the Text Fields Section.
Change DOCLASTEDIT() to DOCLASTSAVE(), and close the shapesheet. You'll
now
display (and print) the last time the drawing was saved, which in many
ways
is more useful that the last time it was edited.

Use Insert Field to place the date and time on the page. If there is more
than one page, you can place the field on a background page.

You can also add the information to the Headers and Footers.

John... Visio MVP

Need stencils or ideas? http://visio.mvps.org/3rdparty.htm
Need VBA examples? http://visio.mvps.org/VBA.htm
Visio Wishlist http://visio.mvps.org/wish_list.htm

Is there anyway that I can get Visio to print the Date & Time on a
diagram
[
i.e. the date the print was executed or the last save date ].
You can do this i excel from Print Set Up.

Thanks