Dean, I've long been familiar with the Insert menu and its Date and Time item. But I'm not clear about what you're saying below. Do you mean that if I first open the Insert menu and choose one of the available date and time formats, and hit enter (thus placing it on the screen and in the document), after that if I use the hotkey combo you suggest, the day's date will be inserted in the open document at the cursor position, and always using the same format that I used by pulling down the menu? Until I pull down the menu again and change my preference? Is my question clear? thanks very much. insdrlow..----- Original Message ----- From: "Dean Martineau" <dean@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2006 10:34 AM Subject: Re: KeyBoard command in Word the keystroke is alt-shift-d. You go into the insert menu, date and time, alt-i, t, to set the date format. Dean -- To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfw If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.2.6/288 - Release Date: 3/22/2006 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.3.0/290 - Release Date: 3/23/2006 -- To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfw If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx