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Date Sequencer, now with a time span calculator, is intended as a
manually loaded Word Add-In. It provides a user interface
for inserting a current, past, or future date, and extended date sequence
entries in Word documents. The time span calculator will
display the time span between two anchored date values with a choice of
two formats. You can use "Date Sequencer" to insert the
current date, a "picked" date from a calendar control, roll up/back
(i.e., future or past) dates, and user defined date sequences. The Add-In is provided
at the bottom of this page in a
zip file format. You can download "Date Sequencer" to your Word Templates
directory and load it using Tools>Templates and Add-Ins. For more
on Add-Ins and how to load them, see the heading "Organizing Global
Templates" at:
Organizing Your Macros |
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User interface with "Date Sequencer" is through an easy
to use toolbar and Control Panel. |
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The Control Panel depicted above shows the default values.
The panel opens with the current date and time displayed. Pressing the "OK"
button will insert the current date at the insertion point. |
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- Use the Start/Anchor Date & Time sub-panel to "pick" any
date/time for insertion, as a reference point for roll back/roll up
dates, as a starting point for sequences and to anchor span ranges.
- The Period sub-panel defines the roll
back/up and sequence period.
- The Factor sub-panel defines the step value of
the period (e.g., 1 minute, 5 months, 30 days, etc.)
- The Number sub-panel is used for the sequence
applications only. It defines the number of steps in the sequence.
- The Display Format sub-panel provides most
standard date/time display formats. Users can set any of the
pre-defined or their favorite custom format (in any
logical date/time format) as the default. |
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- The Output sub-panel contains six output
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* Sequenced AutoText.
The information panel below is taken from the "Date Sequencer" Welcome
screen. Inserting AutoText generating sequenced date values is
helpful when preparing itineraries, planners, schedules, etc. |
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* Text. The output
option for inserting the current date, picked dates, and roll back/up
dates. "Text" option can also be used to generate and display a plain text
sequence. |
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* Fill selected cells.
Lets you select cells and fill with a sequence. In the sample below, the
first row of cells was selected. The Start date is any "Sunday,"
the period setting is "Day," the factor setting "x1," and the Date
Format setting "dddd." |
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... or just as easily select a long
column of cells and apply a schedule sequence. In this example,
the user would pick cells in the left hand column. The start time
is 08:00, the period is minute, the factor is 15, and the display is
hh:mm. |
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* Roll Back/Up. This is
a handy options for quickly computing and entering past of future dates. |
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* Span/periods. Use of
the time span calculator is explained in the "Welcome" screen text. |
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If you would like to give "Date Sequencer" a try, you can down load it
in Zip format from the link below. I would like to
acknowledge the support and assistance of several regular Word newsgroup
contributors in creating this Add-In: Doug Robbins, Jonathan West,
Jay Freedman, Helmut Weber, Andi Mayer, Klaus Linke, and Jezebel.
Thank you gentlemen for sharing your outstanding talents. |
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Apparently the Calendar Control in Word2003 is not compatible with
Word2000. I am a providing links to a Date Sequencer
Add-In with Calendar Control 9.0 and Date Sequencer Add-In with Calendar
Control 11.0. I am not sure if Word97 or Word2002 will work with
either version as I don't have those platforms to test with. Download
DateSequencer(9.0)
Download DateSequencer(11.0)
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