Multiple choice technology

Which do you press to enter the current date in a cell?

  1. CTRL+SHIFT+: (colon)

  2. CTRL+F10

  3. CTRL+; (semicolon)

  4. CTRL+F8

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C Correct answer
Explanation

In spreadsheet applications like Excel, pressing CTRL+; (semicolon) enters the current date into the active cell. The similar shortcut CTRL+SHIFT+: (colon) enters the current TIME, not the date. CTRL+F8 and CTRL+F10 are not related to date/time entry. This is a useful shortcut for quickly timestamping data.