How to set a path and filename partly through the use of variables

[iampariah]

Try the methods here:

Something Simple: insert current date

I use Pages & in the past used and liked QuicKeys and liked it quite a bit [because you could drop down the Menu and trigger an action within an application] and have used TypeitforMe and Text Extender. I bought KM with the hope that I could replace and replicate what I used with those apps = I am not intending to be a coder or expert, just making life easier. But I’m having trouble with something simple: being able to insert the current date. In other apps I am able to use a keystroke and …

Copy to New TXT File?

Ah, sorry. I understood that the file(base)name was the only variable. For the record: you can always add a simple path prompt like this: [image] (You can drop a folder onto the Path field.) [Test] Save Text Document from Clipboard with Title 2.kmmacros (4.0 KB)