Inserting Date Stamps

With Annotation Editor, you can insert date information as an annotation in PDF documents and binder documents.

Also see the following as necessary.

Click

on the right side of

(Date Stamps) in the Object Palette Pane.

Or, select the [Annotations] menu > [Date Stamps].

The submenu or the pull-down menu is displayed.

Note
When you click (Date Stamps), the last date stamp used can be selected. When you want to use a date stamp multiple times, double-click (Date Stamps). When you double-click (Date Stamps), it is locked while being selected and can be inserted multiple times. Press other buttons in the Object Palette Pane [Esc] key on the keyboard You can click on the Toolbar to continuously insert annotations. For more information, see the following. Inserting Multiple Annotations

Note

When you click

(Date Stamps), the last date stamp used can be selected.

When you want to use a date stamp multiple times, double-click

(Date Stamps). When you double-click

(Date Stamps), it is locked while being selected and can be inserted multiple times.

Press other buttons in the Object Palette Pane

[Esc] key on the keyboard

You can click

on the Toolbar to continuously insert annotations. For more information, see the following.

Select the format of the date stamp to insert.

The properties of the selected date stamp are displayed in the Object Palette Pane.

Note
The format of date stamps depends on the settings of your computer

Configure the properties of the date stamp.

[Edit Date and Time]	The [Edit Date and Time] dialog box is displayed. For more information, see the following. Editing the Date Format of Text/Date Stamps
[Font]	Select the font to use from the list displayed when you click . The list displays the fonts installed in your computer.
[Size]	Select the font size to use from the list displayed when you click . You can also enter the font size directly. Font sizes that can be configured are between 3.0 and 72.0 points.
[Style]	Configure the style to use. Click this button to switch between ON/OFF. You can combine more than one style.
[Bold]	Turn this button ON when configuring the bold style.
[Italic]	Turn this button ON when configuring the italic style.
[Underline]	Turn this button ON when setting the underline style.
[Strikethrough]	Turn this button ON when setting the strikethrough style.
[Stamp Color]	Select the stamp color to use from the list displayed when you click . When you want to use a color that is not available in the list, click [More Colors] to display the [Color] dialog box and select a color.
[More Colors]	If you click this, the [Color] dialog box is displayed. Using the [Color] dialog box, you can set a color that is not listed in [Stamp Color].

Note
The current settings are previewed in the top section of the properties.

Move the mouse pointer to the Work Pane.

The shape of mouse pointer becomes

, and then a preview of the selected date stamp is displayed.

Note
To cancel insertion and return the mouse pointer to the original shape, perform the following operation. Click (Select Object) on the Object Palette Pane Press the [Esc] key on the keyboard

Set the preview where you want to insert a date stamp, and then click it.

Note
If you perform one of the following operations before clicking the position, the mouse pointer will return to the original shape and insertion will be cancelled. Click (Select Object) on the Object Palette Pane Press the [Esc] key on the keyboard If the edge of the date stamp exceeds the edge of the page, the position of the date stamp is automatically moved to fit in the page.

Click on the work pane outside the stamp you inserted to deselect the stamp.

Note
To change a stamp you have inserted, select the inserted stamp and change the properties in the Object Palette Pane.