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iculus

Inserting time into cell in excel and have it not change
 
I'm creating a time management spreadsheet that uses column A row 1 (start
time) and column B row 1 (end time) to calculate the total time by
subtracting the two.
The problem I'm having is that when I go to row 2 and start over, and use
the following formula for A2 =NOW() then A1 and B1 (which also use that
function) change as well.

I'd like to make a hotkey to insert the current time into a cell and leave
it there as static text not some updatable function. Any ideas?


Tom Ogilvy

Inserting time into cell in excel and have it not change
 
There already is one
ctrl + semi colon produces the date
ctrl + Shift + semicolon (ctrl+Colon) produces the time

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Regards,
Tom Ogilvy

"iculus" wrote in message
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I'm creating a time management spreadsheet that uses column A row 1 (start
time) and column B row 1 (end time) to calculate the total time by
subtracting the two.
The problem I'm having is that when I go to row 2 and start over, and use
the following formula for A2 =NOW() then A1 and B1 (which also use that
function) change as well.

I'd like to make a hotkey to insert the current time into a cell and leave
it there as static text not some updatable function. Any ideas?




JE McGimpsey

Inserting time into cell in excel and have it not change
 
Try

CTRL-SHIFT-;

In article ,
iculus wrote:

I'm creating a time management spreadsheet that uses column A row 1 (start
time) and column B row 1 (end time) to calculate the total time by
subtracting the two.
The problem I'm having is that when I go to row 2 and start over, and use
the following formula for A2 =NOW() then A1 and B1 (which also use that
function) change as well.

I'd like to make a hotkey to insert the current time into a cell and leave
it there as static text not some updatable function. Any ideas?


sgraham

Inserting time into cell in excel and have it not change
 
I am trying to insert date in time in a cell in Excel. I have read what has
been offered and followed the steps but I can't the process to work. Do you
think that you could be 'see spot run' in your instructions?

"JE McGimpsey" wrote:

Try

CTRL-SHIFT-;

In article ,
iculus wrote:

I'm creating a time management spreadsheet that uses column A row 1 (start
time) and column B row 1 (end time) to calculate the total time by
subtracting the two.
The problem I'm having is that when I go to row 2 and start over, and use
the following formula for A2 =NOW() then A1 and B1 (which also use that
function) change as well.

I'd like to make a hotkey to insert the current time into a cell and leave
it there as static text not some updatable function. Any ideas?




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