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Insert date shortcut (CTRL + ;) not working
Hi all, For some reason the shortcut to insert todays date will not work on my laptop. I am using the most recent version of excel and just reinstalled it and it still will not work. This is ...
Might be worth displaying the on-screen keyboard while you press the keyboard shortcut keys to see if Windows is even registering them when pressed.
I have tried that and it shows it does. Even manually entering it won't work on the virtual won't work
- Maybe try the shortcut keys with Excel in safe mode.
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/open-office-apps-in-safe-mode-on-a-windows-pc-dedf944a-5f4b-4afb-a453-528af4f7ac72- the shortcut work properly in Safe mode! any reasons? how can this be fixed to work in normal mode ?
- Hi,i have the same problem, if i want to dispaly the date with this shortcut, only 3 dots are displayed like this "...". if i want to display time with shortcut (Ctrl and dot but i am not sure...) also 3 dots.
thanks for your help.
Gilles from France, Grenoble.- Sorry mistake: the shortcut for time (CTRL +: ) is working.
"Ctrl + . " display 3 dots.
