diff --git a/crates/pdf/src/lib.rs b/crates/pdf/src/lib.rs
--- a/crates/pdf/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/pdf/src/lib.rs
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ pub fn master_text_pieces(pres: &Presentation, m: &deckcraft_model::Master, pape
                 .body
                 .paragraphs
                 .get(run.para)
-                .map(|p| p.runs.iter().map(|r| r.text.as_str()).collect::<String>())
+                .map(|p| p.runs.iter().map(|r| r.content()).collect::<String>())
                 .unwrap_or_default()
                 .chars()
                 .skip(run.chars.0)
@@ -440,7 +440,8 @@ impl Exporter<'_> {
         let k = b.width() / sw;
         // Raster at the requested dpi relative to the box size on paper.
         let scale = (b.width() / 72.0 * self.opts.dpi.clamp(36.0, 600.0)) / sw;
-        let ropts = RenderOpts { scale, threads: 4, ..Default::default() };
+        // One clock reading for the raster and the text layer, so a date field cannot differ between them.
+        let ropts = RenderOpts { scale, threads: 4, now: deckcraft_text::datetime::DateTime::now_local(), ..Default::default() };
         // Two rasters per slide: the backdrop (background, master and layout graphics) is the same
         // on every slide that shares its layout, so the writer stores it once, and the slide's own
         // shapes draw over it (#845).
@@ -476,7 +477,7 @@ impl Exporter<'_> {
         }
         if self.opts.text_layer {
             let view = Affine::translate((b.x0, b.y0)) * Affine::scale(k);
-            for pt in deckcraft_render::place_slide(pres, i).texts {
+            for pt in deckcraft_render::place_slide_with(pres, i, &ropts).texts {
                 self.text_layer(s, &pt, view, false)?;
             }
             let _ = sh;
@@ -494,7 +495,7 @@ impl Exporter<'_> {
                 .body
                 .paragraphs
                 .get(run.para)
-                .map(|p| p.runs.iter().map(|r| r.text.as_str()).collect::<String>())
+                .map(|p| p.runs.iter().map(|r| r.content()).collect::<String>())
                 .unwrap_or_default()
                 .chars()
                 .skip(run.chars.0)
diff --git a/crates/pdf/src/tests.rs b/crates/pdf/src/tests.rs
--- a/crates/pdf/src/tests.rs
+++ b/crates/pdf/src/tests.rs
@@ -200,8 +200,6 @@ fn unembeddable_font_returns_error_instead_of_a_pdf_missing_text() {
 #[cfg_attr(not(target_arch = "wasm32"), test)]
 fn supported_unicode_is_shaped_and_recovered_from_the_page_text_layer() {
     use deckcraft_model::{Shape, ShapeId, Xfrm};
-    use hayro_syntax::content::ops::TypedInstruction;
-    use hayro_syntax::object::{Dict, Object, Stream};
 
     let text = "Café Ελληνικά Привет";
     let face = FontDb::global().face("Ubuntu", "Regular");
@@ -223,8 +221,17 @@ fn supported_unicode_is_shaped_and_recovered_from_the_page_text_layer() {
     assert!(runs.iter().all(|run| run.face.family == "Ubuntu" && !run.glyphs.is_empty() && run.glyphs.iter().all(|glyph| glyph.0 != 0)));
 
     let bytes = export(&p, &opts(PageLayout::Slides)).unwrap();
-    let pdf = hayro_syntax::Pdf::new(bytes.clone()).unwrap();
-    let page = &pdf.pages()[0];
+    assert_eq!(page_text(&bytes, 0), text);
+}
+
+/// The text of page `index`, read the way a PDF reader does: the content stream's text-showing
+/// operators decoded through the page font's ToUnicode map.
+fn page_text(bytes: &[u8], index: usize) -> String {
+    use hayro_syntax::content::ops::TypedInstruction;
+    use hayro_syntax::object::{Dict, Object, Stream};
+
+    let pdf = hayro_syntax::Pdf::new(bytes.to_vec()).unwrap();
+    let page = &pdf.pages()[index];
     let resources = page.raw().get::<Dict<'_>>(b"Resources").unwrap();
     let fonts = resources.get::<Dict<'_>>(b"Font").unwrap();
     assert_eq!(fonts.len(), 1);
@@ -275,7 +282,51 @@ fn supported_unicode_is_shaped_and_recovered_from_the_page_text_layer() {
             _ => {}
         }
     }
-    assert_eq!(extracted, text);
+    extracted
+}
+
+fn ubuntu_runs(runs: Vec<deckcraft_model::text::Run>) -> TextBody {
+    let paragraph = deckcraft_model::text::Paragraph { runs, ..Default::default() };
+    let mut body = TextBody { paragraphs: vec![paragraph], ..Default::default() };
+    for run in &mut body.paragraphs[0].runs {
+        run.props.font = Some("Ubuntu".into());
+        run.props.size = Some(20.0);
+    }
+    body
+}
+
+fn deck_with_body(n: usize, body: TextBody) -> Presentation {
+    use deckcraft_model::{Shape, ShapeId, Xfrm};
+    let mut p = deck(n);
+    for slide in &mut p.slides {
+        Arc::make_mut(slide).shapes =
+            vec![Shape { id: ShapeId(9001), xfrm: Some(Xfrm::new(20.0, 20.0, 920.0, 100.0)), text: Some(body.clone()), ..Default::default() }];
+    }
+    p
+}
+
+#[cfg_attr(target_arch = "wasm32", wasm_bindgen_test::wasm_bindgen_test)]
+#[cfg_attr(not(target_arch = "wasm32"), test)]
+fn slide_number_field_is_recovered_from_the_page_text_layer() {
+    use deckcraft_model::text::{Run, RunKind};
+    let mut field = Run::new("<#>");
+    field.kind = RunKind::Field { field: "slidenum".into() };
+    let p = deck_with_body(3, ubuntu_runs(vec![Run::new("Page "), field]));
+    let bytes = export(&p, &opts(PageLayout::Slides)).unwrap();
+    for (i, want) in ["Page 1", "Page 2", "Page 3"].into_iter().enumerate() {
+        assert_eq!(page_text(&bytes, i), want);
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg_attr(target_arch = "wasm32", wasm_bindgen_test::wasm_bindgen_test)]
+#[cfg_attr(not(target_arch = "wasm32"), test)]
+fn line_break_keeps_the_text_layer_aligned_with_the_layout() {
+    use deckcraft_model::text::{Run, RunKind};
+    let mut brk = Run::new("");
+    brk.kind = RunKind::Break;
+    let p = deck_with_body(1, ubuntu_runs(vec![Run::new("one"), brk, Run::new("two")]));
+    let bytes = export(&p, &opts(PageLayout::Slides)).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(page_text(&bytes, 0), "onetwo");
 }
 
 /// Notes pages and handouts print on the chosen paper, landscape included, with every slide box
diff --git a/crates/render/src/lib.rs b/crates/render/src/lib.rs
--- a/crates/render/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/render/src/lib.rs
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ pub use extent::{Region, TILE, layout_extent, pasteboard_region, slide_extent};
 pub use images::{decode as decode_image, gif_frame};
 pub use morph_path::PathMorph;
 pub use morph_text::TextMorph;
-pub use placed::{Placed, PlacedLink, PlacedShape, PlacedText, place_master_texts, place_slide, text_outline};
+pub use placed::{Placed, PlacedLink, PlacedShape, PlacedText, place_master_texts, place_slide, place_slide_with, text_outline};
 pub use table::cell_body as table_cell_body;
 pub use table::cell_rects as table_cell_rects;
 pub use table::row_heights as table_row_heights;
diff --git a/crates/render/src/placed.rs b/crates/render/src/placed.rs
--- a/crates/render/src/placed.rs
+++ b/crates/render/src/placed.rs
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 //! that put real text over a raster (PDF text layer, links) and for text extraction.
 
 use deckcraft_model::resolve::{self, Ctx};
-use deckcraft_model::text::{Hyperlink, TextBody};
+use deckcraft_model::text::{Hyperlink, RunKind, TextBody};
 use deckcraft_model::{Presentation, Shape, ShapeId, ShapeKind};
-use deckcraft_text::{Opts, TextLayout};
+use deckcraft_text::{Fields, Opts, TextLayout};
 use kurbo::{Affine, Rect};
 
 use crate::{SlideFields, shape_geometry, table};
@@ -52,10 +52,16 @@ pub struct Placed {
 
 /// Text and links of slide `index` (master and layout graphics first, as rendered).
 pub fn place_slide(pres: &Presentation, index: usize) -> Placed {
+    place_slide_with(pres, index, &crate::RenderOpts::default())
+}
+
+/// [`place_slide`] with the render options the slide was drawn with, so date fields take the same
+/// date and time as the raster (`opts.now`).
+pub fn place_slide_with(pres: &Presentation, index: usize, opts: &crate::RenderOpts) -> Placed {
     let mut out = Placed::default();
     let Some(slide) = pres.slides.get(index) else { return out };
     let Some(rctx) = Ctx::for_slide(pres, slide) else { return out };
-    let fields = SlideFields::new(pres.slide_number(index), pres.header_footer.footer_text.clone(), &crate::RenderOpts::default());
+    let fields = SlideFields::new(pres.slide_number(index), pres.header_footer.footer_text.clone(), opts);
     let (show_layout, show_master) = resolve::show_master_shapes(slide, rctx.layout);
     if show_master {
         let mctx = Ctx::for_master(pres, rctx.master);
@@ -162,7 +168,22 @@ fn place_text(out: &mut Placed, rctx: &Ctx, fields: &SlideFields, owner: ShapeId
         let r = Rect::new(x0, line.top, x1, line.bottom);
         out.links.push(PlacedLink { rect: m.transform_rect_bbox(r), link, shape: owner, text: true });
     }
-    out.texts.push(PlacedText { layout, transform: m, body: body.clone() });
+    // Field runs carry their saved text (`‹#›`); the layout drew their values, so the body that
+    // goes with it (character offsets, text layer) must hold the same values.
+    let mut placed = body.clone();
+    for (pi, para) in body.paragraphs.iter().enumerate() {
+        for (ri, run) in para.runs.iter().enumerate() {
+            let RunKind::Field { field } = &run.kind else { continue };
+            let lang = resolve::run(rctx, s, para, &run.props).lang;
+            if let Some(v) = fields.field_in(field, lang.as_deref())
+                && let Some(out_run) = placed.paragraphs.get_mut(pi).and_then(|p| p.runs.get_mut(ri))
+            {
+                out_run.text = v;
+                out_run.kind = RunKind::Text;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    out.texts.push(PlacedText { layout, transform: m, body: placed });
 }
 
 /// The hyperlink of the model run containing character `at` of paragraph `para`.
diff --git a/crates/render/src/tests.rs b/crates/render/src/tests.rs
--- a/crates/render/src/tests.rs
+++ b/crates/render/src/tests.rs
@@ -2595,3 +2595,24 @@ fn empty_bullet_is_gray_only_while_editing_and_never_in_exports() {
     assert!(changed.iter().any(|(px, _)| px[0] == 179 && px[1] == 179 && px[2] == 179));
     assert!(changed.iter().all(|(px, _)| px[0] >= 179 && px[0] == px[1] && px[1] == px[2]));
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn placed_text_holds_the_field_value_not_the_saved_placeholder() {
+    let mut p = deck_with(vec![field_shape(Some("slidenum"), "<#>")]);
+    let second = p.slides[0].clone();
+    p.slides.push(second);
+    let placed = place_slide(&p, 1);
+    assert_eq!(placed.texts.len(), 1);
+    assert_eq!(placed.texts[0].body.text(), "2");
+    // The layout was drawn from the same value, so the offsets agree with the body.
+    assert_eq!(placed.texts[0].layout.runs.iter().map(|r| r.chars.1).max(), Some(1));
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn placed_text_takes_its_date_from_the_given_render_options() {
+    use deckcraft_text::datetime::DateTime;
+    let p = deck_with(vec![field_shape(Some("datetime1"), "1/1/2000")]);
+    let at = |now: DateTime| place_slide_with(&p, 0, &RenderOpts { now: Some(now), ..Default::default() });
+    assert_eq!(at(DateTime::new(2026, 10, 9, 20, 5, 7)).texts[0].body.text(), "10/9/2026");
+    assert_eq!(at(DateTime::new(2027, 3, 4, 0, 0, 0)).texts[0].body.text(), "3/4/2027");
+}