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how do I freeze the time in the NOW() function?



 
 
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Old April 26th, 2005, 02:20 AM
George, the neophyte
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Default how do I freeze the time in the NOW() function?

I want to be able to enter time into a spreadsheet and freeze that cell at
the time the data was entered so that it doesn't update everytime the sheet
recalculates. How can I do that?
Thanks,
George
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Old April 26th, 2005, 02:34 AM
Duke Carey
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To enter the current date, press Ctrl-; (semicolon)
To enter the current time, press Ctrl-: (colon, i.e. Ctrl-Shift-semicolon)

These both put VALUES and not formulas, so they do not update.


"George, the neophyte" wrote
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I want to be able to enter time into a spreadsheet and freeze that cell at
the time the data was entered so that it doesn't update everytime the
sheet
recalculates. How can I do that?
Thanks,
George



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Old April 26th, 2005, 03:09 AM
Peo Sjoblom
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Here's a technique

http://www.mcgimpsey.com/excel/timestamp.html

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Peo Sjoblom


"George, the neophyte" wrote
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I want to be able to enter time into a spreadsheet and freeze that cell at
the time the data was entered so that it doesn't update everytime the
sheet
recalculates. How can I do that?
Thanks,
George


 




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