Excel Shortcut Keys How To Quickly Format

Press and release the at symbol key ( ) on the keyboard - located above the number 2 - without releasing the Ctrl and Shift keys.

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You can quickly add the current date to Excel using shortcut keys on the keyboard.

In addition to being fast, when the date is added using this method, it does not change every time the worksheet is opened as it does with some of Excels date functions.

The shortcuts may vary between Excel for Windows and Excel for Mac.

You can quickly add the current date to any cell in an Excel worksheet using a keyboard shortcut.

To add the current date to a worksheet using just the keyboard.

Press and release the semi-colon key (; ) on the keyboard without releasing the Ctrl key.

The current date appears in the worksheet in the selected cell.

The default format for the date entered is the short date format as shown in the image above.

Use another keyboard shortcut to change the format to the day-month-year format.

Excel Shortcut Keys How To Quickly Format

This Excel tip shows you how to quickly format dates using the day-month-year format (such as 01-Jan-14) in an Excel worksheet using shortcut keys on the keyboard.

Press and release the hashtag key ( ) on the keyboard without releasing the Ctrl and Shift keys.

The date is formatted in the day-month-year format as shown in the image above.

Although not as commonly used as dates in spreadsheets, adding the current time with a keyboard shortcut can be used, among other things, as a timestamp.

The key combination for adding the time in Excel 2019, 2016, 2013, 2010, and 2007 is.

Press and hold both the Ctrl and the Shift keys on the keyboard.

Press and release the colon key (: ) on the keyboard without releasing the Ctrl and Shift keys.

The key combination for adding the date in Excel 2016 for Mac and Excel for Mac 2011 is.

Press and release the semi-colon key (; ) on the keyboard without releasing Command key.

This Excel tip shows you how to quickly format times in an Excel worksheet using shortcut keys on the keyboard.

By default, times in Excel are formatted with the hour: minute and AMPM format (such as 10:33 AM).

Excel Shortcut Keys For Mac