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FilenameStamper.wcm -
WP 8,9,10,11,12+
FilStamp.wcm -
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Two
macros are included:
FilenameStamper.wcm
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Advantages:
Places the filename at the bottom of
Footer A or Footer B, or at the top of Header A or Header
B, starting on page 1. Thus you can use FileStamper in the same
footer or header as other material.
Also, while WordPerfect ships with a macro
(FileStmp.wcm) that puts the filename in a footer or header,
it does not automatically remove old filename stamps the way
this macro does. (See Footnote 1)
Operation:
Footer A is
used by default. You can modify this in the redlined User Modification Area. See Footnote 2.
Other modifications available:
- Insert just the filename (no path)
- Add a print date after the filename, in one
of several date formats
- Justify the inserted material left, center,
or right
- Adjust the relative font size and intensity
(text shade) of the filename stamp
- Suppress the display of the menu or exit
message (see macro's code)
The macro uses a special paired-code bookmark
("FilenameStampLocationMarker") to locate and
place the filename stamp. If a bookmark already exists in the
document from a prior use of the macro, the bookmark and adjacent
filename stamp are deleted, then re-created to ensure that only
the most up-to-date stamp is used.
Be aware that if you insert another header
or footer of the same type (A or B) later in the document, the
new header or footer will replace the old one, and your filename
will not show from that point onward. If this is likely, choose
the header or footer (A or B) least likely to be impacted by
additional inserted headers or footers.
Note also that if the current file has not
yet been saved (and therefore is unnamed), playing the macro
will cause the Save As window to appear. If you Cancel the Save
As window, no file stamp will be inserted.
This macro may be a good candidate to use
as a template macro triggered at print time. Or you can simply
assign it to a toolbar button or keystroke combination. (See
TIPS
below.)
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Filstamp.wcm
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This macro stamps your documents with identification
on just the last page (only) of the document.
Operation:
FILSTAMP goes to the bottom of the
current document and inserts two hard returns, then types the
complete filename (drive and pathname), plus your initials or
other indentifier such as "DRAFT COPY" (see the redlined User Modification Area in the macro's code to change the default identifier,
etc.).
It then types the date and time the file was
last edited (i.e., saved), as a text string so that this date
indicates the edit date. Finally it types the date it was printed,
as a code so that this date will change if you print a copy of
the document on some future date. If you make changes to the
document, run FILSTAMP again to update the stamp.
The default file stamp -- printed in 7-point
Arial -- looks something like this:
C:\My Documents\Sample.wpd
[DRAFT COPY]
Edited: January 19, 2006 (9:07am)
Printed: January 21, 2006.
The date and time can be omitted by selecting
a check box when the macro is played. The macro checks for an
existing file stamp and erases it before it stamps a new one.
The macro can be used as a template macro
to automate stamping. Or you can simply assign it to a menu,
toolbar button or keystroke combination. (See TIPS below.)
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Tips
 You
can assign a macro to a menu,
toolbar, or keystroke combination.
You
can use a file macro (i.e., one on your disk) as a template macro
(i.e., embedded inside the template itself), and have it play
whenever you print the document.
To do this, copy the file macro into the appropriate
template and associate it with the PRE PRINT trigger, like this:
- Edit the template on which the current
document is based. (See WP's online Help <F1 key> for more
information.) When the template is open for editing, click the
Copy/Remove Objects button on the Template Property Bar.
- In the Copy/Remove Template Objects dialog
that pops up, select "Macros on Disk" from the Object
Type drop list, then choose the name of the macro in the Source
drop list.
- Click the Copy>> button, then click
Close to close the dialog window. The macro should now be embedded
inside the template as a template macro (as distinguished from
a file macro -- i.e., one that is simply stored on your disk).
- Back in the template editing window, click
the Associate button on the Template Property Bar. Click the
Triggers radio button, then select Pre Print in the left window.
In the Macros drop list, choose the name of the template macro
and click OK. (You can always remove the associate with Pre Print
by selecting No Association.)
- Save the template with File, Save. Test the
operation of the macro by loading a new document based on the
template, typing some text into it, and then printing it with
File, Print.
If you need to edit the template macro later,
while editing the template click on Tools, Template Macro, Edit.
Note that only template macros can be associated
with a trigger. Macros on disk cannot be associated with template
triggers, but they can be copied into the template first
with Copy/Object on the Template Property Bar, and then associated
with a trigger, as described above. The two most common triggers
used with simple template macros are Post New (play on opening
a new document based on the template) and Pre Print (play at
print time). For more information on triggers, see the WordPerfect
help file topic, "Triggering macros from templates"
and "'Trigger' a macro from
inside a template to play automatically at specific times."
For more information about automating templates,
see "Automating WordPerfect Templates" in the top section
of the Tips page here.
Note also that the template on which all new
documents are based (the "default" template) is named
"Create a blank document," and is usually found in
the Custom WP Templates section of your File, New from Projects
list. On disk, the default template's filename is something like
WP9US.WPT, where 9=WordPerfect 9, and US=the US language versions.
For the actual location on your system, in WordPerfect click
on Tools, Settings, Files, Template tab, and look at the data
in the Default fields.
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Footnote 1
The FILESTMP macro that ships with WordPerfect
is designed to place the filename in a header or footer -- both
of which are "repeating elements." That is, they show
up on every page until replaced or discontinued. Unless the cursor
is positioned on the last page and no header or footer
exists of the type (A or B) you choose, when you play the FILESTMP
macro any existing header or footer will be modified (it's due
to the way the macro is coded).
While it is possible to modify the FILESTMP
macro's code to make the filename show up on the last page regardless
of any existing header or footer -- as mentioned, new headers/footers
"discontinue" previous ones of the same type -- it
might be easier for you to use one of the macros above.
In particular, Filstamp.wcm makes the filename-stamping
process more reliable, since it does not impact existing headers
or footers -- which would be especially important if the user
modified the document extensively, and then played the macro
again.
Footnote 2
Note that a macro is a WordPerfect file with
a ".wcm" filename extension, and can be opened, viewed,
and edited like an ordinary document. Most of the macros on this
site have information or instructions at the top of the main
macro code. Most have a redlined section in the macro's code
that users can modify, something called the "User Modification
Area." Follow the instructions there to modify various macro
defaults, such as initial menu choices or initial values for
the macro to use when it processes the document.
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