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Copper Contributor

May 28, 2017

a function not working (current date function)

Hi, when I try to add to my document of excel the current date (in a permanent way, so that it doesn't change every time I open Excel) I use the function: CTRL+SHIFT+; The fact is that when I ...

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Yury Tokarev

Iron Contributor

May 29, 2017

Hi Alberto,

could you please try entering Ctrl+; to insert current date? Ctrl+Shift+; should be inserting current time.

Do you have any add-ons running?

Please also see the following thread for some recommendations

https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/lync/en-US/dccd77b7-8faa-4dbb-95be-28f438123301/insert-current-date-ctrl-not-working-probably-in-excel-2013?forum=officeitpro

Yury

Alberto Paolini

Copper Contributor

May 29, 2017

there are no addons running. I even tried to go to the website you linked me but with no success. when I press CTRL+; appears the loading symbol instead of the pointer, but for half a second and then it happens nothing.