The Date Selector input object provides for either manual entry or a calendar selector.
Source of Data
The source of the data is the document creation/edit process. This date is not linked to any existing data and is relevant to the presentation in the document output.
Template View
The template Input Object includes options for various date formats.
The date format is set from the template and cannot be modified in the document.
Document Edit View
In the Document Edit View the date selector is a simple entry field. Dates can be keyed manually.
Dates can also be selected with the calendar tool.
Document Output View
The date selector field can be made visible within the output document.
As an alternative, the step may be hidden from output, and then referred to in subsequent sections of your document via the use $document.date template variable.
For example selecting a date within the document date step;.
Then using the template variable of $document.date to automatically populate that field from the Date Selector.
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