Vista - MSOutlook.info. Quickly set dates with formulas and text.

While more and more people are starting to use the Tab button to jump to the next field (to fill out in an Outlook appointment for example) instead of using the mouse, I often find people struggling when they reach a date field. They either look at a physical calendar first to determine the future date (when the date math gets hard) and then type the date or they still grab to a mouse.
How can you do this faster and still without a mouse?

There are a couple of methods build into Outlook to alter or set a date more quickly.
Numbers only
If you reach a date field, you can of course simply type the date but there is no need to do that in full. Just typing “21” will automatically set the date to the 21st of the current month. Typing “5/21” will automatically set the date to May 21st of this year (if it is still to come) or next year.