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Today’s tip: What’s Today’s Date?
Category: PC, MSO, Keyboarding
Q: I never remember the date. Is there a shortcut for people like me?
A: Push Shift+Alt+D. That puts the current date into any Word document (use Ctrl+; in Excel and Google Sheets).
Be aware: This inserted date will update every time you open the document. If you want the date to memorialize the document, skip the shortkey.
Other ways:
- Hover over the clock and it tells you the date.
- Start typing the date in a Word doc and Word finishes it for you.
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Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years. She is the editor/author of over a hundred tech ed resources including a K-12 technology curriculum, K-8 keyboard curriculum, K-8 Digital Citizenship curriculum. She is an adjunct professor in tech ed, Master Teacher, webmaster for four blogs, an Amazon Vine Voice, CSTA presentation reviewer, freelance journalist on tech ed topics, and author of the tech thrillers, To Hunt a Sub and Twenty-four Days. You can find her resources at Structured Learning.
Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years. She is the editor/author of over a hundred tech ed resources including a K-12 technology curriculum, K-8 keyboard curriculum, K-8 Digital Citizenship curriculum. She is an adjunct professor in tech ed, Master Teacher, webmaster for four blogs, an Amazon Vine Voice, CSTA presentation reviewer, freelance journalist on tech ed topics, contributor to NEA Today, and author of the tech thrillers, To Hunt a Sub and Twenty-four Days. You can find her resources at Structured Learning.
The time and date is always shown on my task bar. I hadn’t thought about using a short key to insert it in a document. I rarely do that anyway, but it’s interesting.
It’s a nice tool for students who might wonder what the date is.
I can see it would have it’s uses. 🙂