Keyboard shortcut for inserting a date

[M.Siler]

In Excel you can presss <CTRL><;> and it will insert the date. Is there a
shortcut for doing this in Word? I'm using Word 2007.

I've found a lot of Keyboard shortcut sites via Google, but not for
inserting a date.

 

[Greg Maxey]

In Excel you can presss <CTRL><;> and it will insert the date. Is there a
shortcut for doing this in Word? I'm using Word 2007.

I've found a lot of Keyboard shortcut sites via Google, but not for
inserting a date.

You can create one easy enough. I use:

Sub DateStamp()
' Inserts current date
Selection.InsertDateTime DateTimeFormat:="MMMM dd, yyyy",
InsertAsField:=False
End Sub

See:
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/AsgnCmdOrMacroToHotkey.htm

and

http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm

 

[CyberTaz]

You can't find one because there isn't one - at least not by default.
Shift+Alt+D will insert a Date *field*, but date fields will automatically
update unless you unlink them (select the inserted date field, then
Shift+Ctrl+F9). You can create a macro to do al this for you & assign a
keystroke or Toolbar button to it.

A kybd shortcut can also be assigned to bring up the InsertDate dialog or
you can create a macro to insert a CreateDate field (doesn't change) &
assign a keystroke/button to that.

BTW - one of your best sources of available Keyboard Shortcuts in Word is
Word Help.

 

[M.Siler]

Darn... I was sure hoping there was a way native to all version of Word. I
guess I'll have to submit that to them as a feature request.