Autofill: numbers, dates and patterns
Fill numbers, dates, days, months and quarters by dragging, instead of typing each one.
In this lesson
- One number is copied. Two numbers show the step, so 1 and 2 go on as 3, 4, 5.
- Day names, month names, quarters (Q1), dates and text ending in a number (Week 1) continue from a single cell.
- Anything it can't continue is copied. Select two or more cells first to set the step.
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Why your formula broke when you copied it
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Why your formula broke when you copied it
Lock a cell with $ so a formula keeps working when you copy it down.
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