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Excel keyboard shortcut to insert the date in a cell

Posted on April 19, 2016September 2, 2016 by John Chandler

Working in Excel and looking for a quick way to insert the current date in a cell?  Use a keyboard shortcut: Ctrl+;  Want to insert the current time?  Then the keyboard shortcut is Ctrl+:

 

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