Datestamp on Reports

[Michael Hendry]

On 7 Oct 2013, at 15:30, Mike or Penny Novack <stepbystepfarm at mtdata.com> wrote:

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>> Is there a simple way to add a datestamp to a report?
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>> I've been doing some tidying up, and would like to be able to distinguish a report I've just prepared from the current set of accounts from one I made some years ago.
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>> I have in mind something like "Balance Sheet 31/03/2011 - prepared on 7/10/2013" in the heading, or perhaps a more discreet footer.
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>> Am I missing something obvious?
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> Yes, and maybe missing more possibilities.
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> Create a report (like Balance Sheet) and do Edit => Report options and now look at ALL of the things you are allowed to change. What you want to appear on the title line is one of those things.
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> 

Thanks, Mike.

I was thinking in terms of a field in the report which would automatically include the current date (and, possibly, time). Derek Atkins has made it clear that there is no such feature in the existing reports, so I'll just have to put it in "by hand" each time.

Michael