Don't type the plus sign. Hold the CTRL key, press the ' key and then
release both

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Kind regards,

Niek Otten

"babs" wrote in message
...
At the risk of sounding like an idiot (I'm already feeling like one, so
what
the heck), when I select a cell and type 'control+' either simultaneously
or
seperately, I still don't get a date stamp. Simultaneously typed, I get
an
Insert window, seperately typed, I get a '+' character in the cell.

It doesn't seem to matter if I use the number pad or the main keyboard.
So,
what the heck am I doing? FYI, I have Excel 2003, SP1.

Thanks for the help!