Okay – last set of keystroke tips and then next time it’s an entirely different topic!
The Esc key closes whatever window you’re in
Pop-up calculator – hit an operator(+,-,*,/) when you’re in a numeric field and voila – up pops a calculator – now you don’t need to copy & paste your answer!
The date shortcuts below you can use whenever you’re in a date field. I find that they are frequently faster than using the calendar. If you keep pressing the same key, it continues in the same direction (i.e. hitting the + multiple times keeps moving forward in time, pressing M multiple times keeps taking you to an earlier month). The letters are not case-sensitive, either.
Date Shortcuts
| Next day |
+ |
| Previous day |
– |
| Today |
T |
| Same date in previous week |
[ |
| Same date in next week |
] |
| Same date in last month |
; |
| Same date in next month |
‘ |
| First day of the Week |
W |
| Last day of the weeK |
K |
| First day of the Month |
M |
| Last day of the montH |
H |
| First day of the Year |
Y |
| Last day of the yeaR |
R |
I think my favorite date shortcut is T for today. What’s yours?