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Claudio Cantatore
Apr 27, 2017Copper Contributor
Shortcuts to insert current date and time ( CTRL + ; ) don't work in EXCEL 2013
Recently upgraded to Excel 2013 One of the most used (at least for me) shorcuts: 1) CTRL + ; to insert current date in a cell 2) CTRL + : to insert current time in a cell both do...
Dietmar5
Apr 22, 2020Copper Contributor
Hm. I have installed English, Ukrainian, German language pack. It works in all of the three with Ctrl + .
You know you have to press those two keys at the same time, right?
I press Ctrl, hold it and then press in addition the Dott . Sometimes computer do not do what they are supposed to do for some silly little reason.
It changed from Ctrl + : after an update for whatever was the innitiative.
Maybe try to reinstall the language packs.
I have also the Microsoft Keyboard Layout Creator 1.4 in use. Changed some letter around on the keyboard. Quite helpful tool.
Hope some of these ideas help,the shortcut is quite helpful, use it often.
Good luck in trying these.