Insert date in Outline

[Jeremy Reichman]

I have accomplished this (for many apps) by installing the AppleScript 
script menu, and creating a simple script I named "Copy today's date 
string":

	set the clipboard to (the date string of (current date))

I just paste the resulting text into a line in OO.

This does the job for me now, until I get a native version of SpellCatcher'
s glossary mechanism (TypeIt4Me hasn't worked for me yet), which let me do 
auto-substitutions for date/time and more in OS 9. That's what I used to 
use for every application ... and SC did work in nearly every app, but not 
in dialogs.


The AppleScript script menu is available for download from:

	<http://www.apple.com/applescript/>

... in the Mac OS X section.


I also have a nice little "Quick calculator" script that operates on 
similar principle (type formula into a dialog, AppleScript calculates for 
you and pastes the result into the clipboard), and that avoids the need 
for the Calculator.app.


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Jeremy Reichman