Entering today's date
There surely should be a fast, convenient way to enter today's date in a Numbers spread. Haven't found one or reference to such and Numbers Help is no help on this one. Command-hyphen which does exactly that in FileMaker Pro, another Apple product, doesn't work in Numbers.
Right now I'm copying another date to the clipboard, selecting the target field, paste, then revise — a very tedious process.
Much appreciated.
Morley,
Make yourself a Keyboard Shortcut for the Insert > Date & Time command.
Jerry
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Hello,
In Excel, "ctrl-;" enters the current date. Is there such a command in Numbers? I haven't found it yet. . .
Thanks!
Michael MorrisonMichael,
you don't need to enter a character. Just double-click in a cell and then choose "Insert/Date & Time".
Well, actually you click once to select a cell and then click once to edit the content (according to Help/Keyboard Shortcuts).
To add a keyboard shortcut:
Open System Preferences / Keyboard & Mouse
Choose Keyboard Shortcuts tab
Scroll down to Application Keyboard shortcuts
Choose Add (the plus symbol)
In the drop-down box at Application, scroll down and choose Other…
Navigate to the iWork '08 folder and choose Number
In the Menu Title: field enter "Date & Time" (without ")
Add you desired Keyboard Shortcut
Restart Numbers and check the Insert menu for your shortcut
Now, just double-click a cell (or use option-Return on a marked cell) and apply your shortcut.
HTH
Matthias
Message was edited by: Matthias Rempe -
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background job which is scheduled in sm37 is giving error for dated 01.01.2009 to 30.01.2009.
But before 31.12.2008 it was working fine
error messege-
This is happening in Production and developement client.
While running the report it showing the error messege- Please enter a valid date
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Thanks
SusantaHi,
Did you put the date fields to be dynamic in your variant? i.e if in your variant you specified date range of last year, this will not work for this year and eventually give you an error message that the date is not valid...
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Error messege in Background Job(SM37) - Please enter a valid date
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Hi... I have finally decided to move away from Excel and really give Numbers a shot... I have an application where each day I first enter the current date and time into a particular cell of a new row and then I enter some data in cells adjacent (in the same row) as that entered date-time. Then the next day I want to again enter the (new) current date and time and add more data next to that new date-time and so forth day after day... You can't use something as simple as =NOW() because then everyday, ALL of the date-times would change to the current time... Nope, now what I want... I just want to be able to EASILY and QUICKLY enter the current date-time value in one call and then have that specific value stay there forever... In Excel, this is accomplished with the keyboard shortcuts of
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<cntl><;><sp><command><;>
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4/10/2010 9:49:00 AM
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Any feedback would be much appreciated... thanks... bob...Badunit wrote:
The result of running that script is "UI Enabled = TRUE".
I have cells named by the header values.
This may be the problem.
The script is an old one which deciphered only the letter+digit cell references.
Here is a new version which works with every kind of cell reference.
--[SCRIPT insertDateTime]
Enregistrer le script en tant que Script : insertDateTime.scpt
déplacer l'application créée dans le dossier
<VolumeDeDémarrage>:Users:<votreCompte>:Library:Scripts:Applications:Numbers:
Il vous faudra peut-être créer le dossier Numbers et peut-être même le dossier Applications.
Placez le curseur dans la cellule qui doit recevoir la date_heure
menu Scripts > Numbers > insertDateTime
La cellule pointée reçoit la date_heure.
L'aide du Finder explique:
L'Utilitaire AppleScript permet d'activer le Menu des scripts :
Ouvrez l'Utilitaire AppleScript situé dans le dossier Applications/AppleScript.
Cochez la case "Afficher le menu des scripts dans la barre de menus".
+++++++
Save the script as a Script : insertDateTime.scpt
Move the newly created application into the folder:
<startup Volume>:Users:<yourAccount>:Library:Scripts:Applications:Numbers:
Maybe you would have to create the folder Numbers and even the folder Applications by yourself.
Put the cursor in the cell which must receive the date_time.
menu Scripts > Numbers > insertDateTime
The pointed cell receives the current date_time.
The Finder's Help explains:
To make the Script menu appear:
Open the AppleScript utility located in Applications/AppleScript.
Select the "Show Script Menu in menu bar" checkbox.
Yvan KOENIG (VALLAURIS, France)
2009/03/01
2010/04/11 is now able to treat every kind of cell references
property theApp : "Numbers"
--=====
on run
set {dName, sName, tName, rname, rowNum1, colNum1, rowNum2, colNum2} to my getSelParams()
my doYourDuty(colNum1, rowNum1, tName, sName, dName)
end run
--=====
on doYourDuty(c, r, t, s, d) (*
c = columnIndex
r = rowIndex
t = table's name
s = sheet's name
d = document's name *)
local cdt
set cdt to my cleanThisDate(current date) (* the new date_time as a clean date_time *)
tell application "Numbers" to tell document d to tell sheet s to tell table t
set value of cell r of column c to cdt as text
end tell -- application …
end doYourDuty
--=====
on cleanThisDate(dt)
(* ugly code but once I got date_time with milliseconds so if necessary, I drop them *)
local l
set l to my decoupe(dt as text, ":")
if (count of l) > 3 then set dt to date (my recolle(items 1 thru 3 of l, ":"))
return dt
end cleanThisDate
--=====
on getSelParams()
local r_Name, t_Name, s_Name, d_Name, col_Num1, row_Num1, col_Num2, row_Num2
set {d_Name, s_Name, t_Name, r_Name} to my getSelection()
if r_Name is missing value then
if my parleAnglais() then
error "No selected cells"
else
error "Il n'y a pas de cellule sélectionnée !"
end if
end if
set two_Names to my decoupe(r_Name, ":")
set {row_Num1, col_Num1} to my decipher(item 1 of two_Names, d_Name, s_Name, t_Name)
if item 2 of two_Names = item 1 of two_Names then
set {row_Num2, col_Num2} to {row_Num1, col_Num1}
else
set {row_Num2, col_Num2} to my decipher(item 2 of two_Names, d_Name, s_Name, t_Name)
end if
return {d_Name, s_Name, t_Name, r_Name, row_Num1, col_Num1, row_Num2, col_Num2}
end getSelParams
--=====
set {rowNumber, columnNumber} to my decipher(cellRef,docName,sheetName,tableName)
apply to named row or named column !
on decipher(n, d, s, t)
tell application "Numbers" to tell document d to tell sheet s to tell table t to return {address of row of cell n, address of column of cell n}
end decipher
--=====
set { d_Name, s_Name, t_Name, r_Name} to my getSelection()
on getSelection()
local _, theRange, theTable, theSheet, theDoc, errMsg, errNum
tell application "Numbers" to tell document 1
repeat with i from 1 to the count of sheets
tell sheet i
set x to the count of tables
if x > 0 then
repeat with y from 1 to x
try
(selection range of table y) as text
on error errMsg number errNum
set {_, theRange, _, theTable, _, theSheet, _, theDoc} to my decoupe(errMsg, quote)
return {theDoc, theSheet, theTable, theRange}
end try
end repeat -- y
end if -- x>0
end tell -- sheet
end repeat -- i
end tell -- document
return {missing value, missing value, missing value, missing value}
end getSelection
--=====
on decoupe(t, d)
local l
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to d
set l to text items of t
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to ""
return l
end decoupe
--=====
on parleAnglais()
local z
try
tell application theApp to set z to localized string "Cancel"
on error
set z to "Cancel"
end try
return (z is not "Annuler")
end parleAnglais
--=====
--[/SCRIPT]
It's available on my idisk :
<http://public.me.com/koenigyvan>
Download :
For_iWork:iWork '09:for_Numbers09:insertDateTime.zip
Yvan KOENIG (VALLAURIS, France) dimanche 11 avril 2010 14:16:41 -
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