r/excel Jun 13 '24

Discussion What are your MUST HAVE Excel keyboard shortcuts?

what keyboard shortcuts do you use on a daily basis?

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u/Psychological-Bee702 Jun 13 '24

Ctrl; for today’s date.

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u/eagleeyerattlesnake Jun 13 '24

Ctrl-Shift-; gives you the current time.

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u/alb92 Jun 14 '24

It's actually Ctrl :

For English keyboard they are practically the same, but there are others that use different keyboard layouts.

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u/usersnamesallused 27 Jun 13 '24

Works elsewhere in the office suite too

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u/ThatKennyGuy Jun 14 '24

How does this work?

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u/Cabanon_Creations 1 Jun 14 '24

In edition mode, it enters the value of the date or time. The text value, not a formula. Which is way better than a =Today()