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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...
Sorry for not having specified that. I'm Italian, I use a QWERTY Italian keyboard.
The shortcuts in ITA keyboard have always been CTRL+;/CTRL+:
And also the support.office.com help file in Italian says it :
https://support.office.com/it-it/article/Scelte-rapide-da-tastiera-e-tasti-funzione-di-Excel-per-Windows-1798d9d5-842a-42b8-9c99-9b7213f0040f?omkt=it-IT&ui=it-IT&rs=it-IT&ad=IT#ID0EAAEAAA=2013
It works if you enter in the excel field before pressing CTRL+;
Double click on the field and press CTRL+; and it works.
Strange, it shall work without entering into cell edit mode
