{"id":2276,"date":"2012-11-20T19:47:29","date_gmt":"2012-11-21T02:47:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/melacey.com\/blog\/?p=2276"},"modified":"2012-12-29T19:48:12","modified_gmt":"2012-12-30T02:48:12","slug":"journalling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/melacey.com\/blog\/art\/writing\/technical-writing\/journalling\/","title":{"rendered":"Journalling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are many things one can journal:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>nature<\/li>\n<li>reading<\/li>\n<li>daily<\/li>\n<li>dream<\/li>\n<li>life<\/li>\n<li>creative projects<\/li>\n<li>feelings<\/li>\n<li>wine<\/li>\n<li>travel<\/li>\n<li>gratitude<\/li>\n<li>fitness<\/li>\n<li>record keeping<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The thing about making any kind of journalling\u00a0is to date your entries. \u00a0Here&#8217;s what I do to automate that task.<\/p>\n<p>With a Windows PC, I use the Notepad accessory so often, that I pin it to the Start menu to make it easily accessible. That way, I can quickly make notes for any of my writings. With Notepad, dating an entry is easy: press the F5 key. Date and time are entered with that one simple keystroke.<\/p>\n<p>If you are using MS Word \u00a02010, \u00a0the date and time can be entered using the Insert menu Date and Time choice where you can set the format for the entry and it will be made for you.<\/p>\n<p>As usual, keyboard shortcuts are available:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Alt+Shift+D:\u00a0<\/strong>Insert the current date into your text. This command inserts a content control into your document \u2014 text that can be updated.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Alt+Shift+T:<\/strong>\u00a0Insert the current time into your text. This command inserts a time field, which can be updated, just like any other field.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Related Images:<\/h3>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are many things one can journal: &nbsp; nature reading daily dream life creative projects feelings wine travel gratitude fitness record keeping The thing about making any kind of journalling\u00a0is to date your entries. \u00a0Here&#8217;s<a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/melacey.com\/blog\/art\/writing\/technical-writing\/journalling\/\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[381,279,186],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-notes","category-it","category-technical-writing"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Journalling - M. 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