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Excel Auto Fill

  • 03-12-2014 12:07PM
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,123 ✭✭✭


    I am copying number down to another cell but Excel keeps calculating the values up

    Say I have 2001, When I copy and past I get 2002 and have to click on the box and select copy cell.

    Can I have excel do this automatically?

    I have go into options-Advanced-Editing-enable auto complete for cell values but I has made no difference!


Comments

  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 378 ✭✭curiosity


    Do you want to keep the same number, or have it go up by 1 in each successive cell?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 59,790 ✭✭✭✭namenotavailablE


    When you're using autofill [this image shows the autofill handle on the lower right corner >>> 5CAtSP.png], do you have two or more numeric cells selected and are then dragging the autofill handle down over the other target cells? That's the only way I can replicate the issue you describe.

    If you select a single cell and then use autofill to copy downwards, the value selected is unchanged in those other cells.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,123 ✭✭✭KwackerJack


    DB4471420 99343515 31/10/2014 9008 31/10/2014 90081031 GBP 219.3 0

    The line abobve is a sample, each has its own cell.....When I highligh and drag down to an empty row of cells the DB4471420 becomes DB4471421.

    I neede to click the little box and seletc copy cells to keep the original DB4471420 in as many cells as I select.

    Is there a setting the allows me to do this without have to select copy cells each time.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 378 ✭✭curiosity


    Select the cell you want to copy, and the destination cells, then click 'ctrl' & 'd' together.


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