Family Historian User Group

Is there a way to set up auto text such that the research note date will be populated with today's date?

Sorry, despite its name, there is no 'automation' available within Autotext. It only automates the insertion of plain text.
To perform any 'automation' such as inserting a Date will require a Plugin to be written.

Betraying my lack of skills

Is there a quick key or keyboard combination that would give the system date?

Related question.

Creating a source template - can a Date field be set to system date?

I think the answer to both those questions is 'no'.

BevSmallwood wrote: ↑

08 Aug 2022 17:06

Betraying my lack of skills

Is there a quick key or keyboard combination that would give the system date?

You could look at AutoHotkey if you felt confident to create or modify one of its scripts.

I just installed auto hot key and the FH scripts.

This page describes a script that should work:
https://www.winhelponline.com/blog/inse ... rd-hotkey/

Do I add it to the FH script or create a second script?

Personally, I'd add it to the FH script -- keep everything in one place, but that's just a preference.