AutoFill in Excel is a popular feature, Auto Fill can significantly speed up your data entry and ensure consistency across your spreadsheet.
Whether you want to copy the same value down or get a series of numbers, the AutoFill handle in Excel is the feature to help.
Here’s a quick guide on how to use it effectively:
Filling is done by selecting a cell, Every time you select a cell (or range of cells) you should see a small black square in the bottom right-hand corner of the selection.
Once you hover over it your mouse pointer will change its icon to a thin cross.
Basic Auto Fill In MS Excel
- Enter a Starting Value: Type a number or text in a cell. For example, enter "1" in cell A1.
- Drag the Fill Handle: Click on the small square, drag, and mark the range that you want to cover.
As you release the mouse button, you will see cells A1 to A8 are selected, and the range A1:A10 is marked. That's called Range selection
In this example, Range selection is used for copying. It can be used for both numbers and words.
Now, One of the most popular questions is how to autofill numbers in Excel with auto series.
Creating a Series
You can create an auto-series number in multiple ways.
1 - After dragging and dropping it click on the fill handle Icon, (appears as a small icon at the end of the filled range)
Then click on the Auto Fill Options icon And select Fill Series
After clicking that you will get results as auto series 1-8
2 - The other way to get the list is to enter "1" in A1 and "2" in A2. Select both cells and drag the fill handle down to continue the series (3, 4, 5, etc.).
For example, if you need to continue a sequence, just enter the first two values into the starting cell and grab the fill handle to copy the data across the specified range.
Don't forget to select both cells and drag the fill handle down to continue. you will get the result below
Using Patterns: You can also use AutoFill to repeat patterns.
For example, if you type "Jan" and "Feb" in two cells, dragging the fill handle will continue the pattern with "Mar," "Apr," and so on.
Excel - Fill down a series of values that contain text
The same principle goes for text.
For example, we will type A1(Hello World). drag the fill handle down to continue filling the range A1:A10 and create ten copies of "Hello World":
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