Inserting Current Date or Time

Use in these programs:   Excel, Access, Word, PowerPoint

If you often need the current date or time in a document, some shortcuts.

To Insert Current Date

Working in Excel or Access, you can quickly insert today's date by pressing and holding the Control key then the semicolon: Control then ;

To insert today's date in Word or PowerPoint, press and hold Alt key then Shift key then D key: Alt + Shift + D

To Insert Current Time

In Excel or Access: Control + Shift + :

In Word or PowerPoint: Alt + Shift + T

 

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