KBA-01637: Doc Date Bookmarks

Question:

What bookmarks can be used for a document’s Dates tab?

Answer:

There are three bookmarks that can be expressed in two formats.  The bookmark names are

_ActStart
_ActFinish
_LeadTime

The alias for these bookmarks can be expressed as a Sequence or a Doc Date. (See the Note below for information regarding why Sequence is the recommended style.)

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DocDateName

DocDateNameDate_xxxxx

where DocDateName is from the Description column on the Dates tab and xxxxx is one of the bookmark names.

Sequence

SxxDate_xxxx

where xx is the Date’s Sequence # and xxxx is one of the bookmark names.

Sample Bookmarks

S60Date_ActFinish or ProjectCurrentDate_ActFinish

You can add a Date formatting prefix too:
FM_S60Date_ActFinish or FM_ProjectCurrentDate_ActFinish

Project Dates

Any document can access dates from the project

  • DV_DocHeader_ProjectStartDate –> Monday, December 10, 2012
  • FMMMMbddcbyyy_DocHeader_ProjectStartDate   –> December 10, 2012

Additional Comments:

The Sequence style is recommended for the following reasons:

  • Word Bookmarks do not allow spaces or periods—so Doc Date Names need to be one word.
  • Word Bookmarks do have a character limit—so Doc Date Names need to be on the shorter side, especially if you are adding a long Date formatting prefix like FMMMMbddcbyyyy_

KBA-01637; Last updated: September 18, 2017 at 13:24 pm 
Keywords: bookmarks