Enter date directly

All hotkeys for Microsoft Excel 2003 (Windows)

Basic Cut selected text	Ctrl + x
Basic Copy selected text	Ctrl + c
Basic Paste selected text	Ctrl + v
Basic Undo	Ctrl + z
Basic Redo	Ctrl + y
Basic Find	Ctrl + f
Basic Print	Ctrl + p
Basic Edit a cell	F2
Common Displays the Format Cell dialog box	Ctrl + 1
Common Remove cell format	Ctrl + Shift + ~
Common Enter same contents to multiple cells	Ctrl + Enter
Common Wrap texts in a cell	Alt + Enter
Common Enter a matrix into a cell or multiple cells	Ctrl + Shift + Enter
Common Create a list of names in the worksheet	F3
Common Define a new name	Ctrl + F3
Common Create muliple names for a table	Ctrl + Shift + F3
Common Enter date directly	Ctrl + ;
Common Enter time directly	Ctrl + Shift + ;
Common Update changes in all open workbooks	F9
Common Update changes in active worksheet	Shift + F9
Advanced Open VBA editor	Alt + F11
Advanced Run(execute) a procedure in the VBA window	F5
Unusual Insert a tab to a cell	Ctrl + Alt + Tab
Unusual Insert a function	Shift + F3

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Access 2010 (Windows)

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Google Docs (Windows)

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Sublime Text (Windows)

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Sublime Text (Windows)

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Adobe After Effects CC (Windows)

Show or hide Guides

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FileMaker Pro (Windows)

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FileMaker Pro (Windows)

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InDesign CC (Windows)

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View Menu Shortcuts

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ArchiCAD 20 (Windows)

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Zoho Sheet (Windows)

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Actions

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GIMP (Linux)

Fill with Pattern

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Adobe Photoshop CC (Windows)

Show/Hide Guides

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GIMP (Windows)

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Edit Shortcuts

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Microsoft Excel 2016 (Windows)

Insert current date at cursor position

Edit Cell Content

Ctrl + ;

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Sublime Text (Linux)

Go to Word

Navigation Shortcuts

Ctrl + ;

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Sublime Text (MacOS)

Go to Word

Navigation Shortcuts

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Adobe Dreamweaver (Windows)

Show Guides

Guides,Grids and Rulers(Design View)

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jEdit (Windows)

Expand Abbreviation

Source Code Editing

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Kingsoft Spreadsheets 2016 (Windows)

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Other Shortcuts

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Poser Pro (Windows)

Display>Camera View >From Left

Display

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Pegasus Mail (Web Application)

Glossary create/edit

Tools

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Compressor (Web Application)

Go to the previous marker or In/Out point

General

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Affinity Photo

Show Guides

View

Ctrl + ;

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Adobe Illustrator

Hide guides

View artwork

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jEdit

Expand abbreviation.

Source code editing

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Adobe Dimension CC (Windows)

Hide/Show

Object menu

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Microsoft FrontPage

Find matching tag.

Work with coding tools

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Clip Studio Paint Pro

Zoom in

View menu

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Corel Painter

Show/Hide guides

Canvas menu

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PDF-XChange Editor

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Adobe XD (Windows)

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Object menu

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Google Sheets (Android)

Insert date

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Google Sheets

Insert date

Format cells

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Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 (All shortcuts)

Window.SolutionExplorerSearch

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Ctrl + ;

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Sublime Text

Goto word in current file

Navigation/Goto Anywhere

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WPS Office

Enters the current date.

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Microsoft Excel 2016

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Chrome DevTools

Step into next function call

Sources panel

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Microsoft Access 2016

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Scrivener 1.9.9

Outlined

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