you can go into autocorrect and add something:

replace ; with :

just remember to delete it when you're done

in 2003,
tools
autocorrect options

in 2007
click the office button then
Excel Options
Proofing
AutoCorrect Options.

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Gary Keramidas
Excel 2003


"OfficeGirl" wrote in message
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I am entering in a series of times to be calculated in Excel. Is there a
way
to "assign" a key on the keyboard to mean "shift + colon" rather than
having
to type the shift key and the colon every time?