Lot of illustrations in it, and the one that got me hooked was this Learn Excel from MrExcel podcast, episode
#QUICKLY COPY FORMULA DOWN COLUMN EXCEL FOR MAC 2016 PLUS#
"MrExcel XL", a book with 40+ Excel tips, plus Excel cartoons, It was Em DeMarco's cartoon posted on Twitter that was the inspiration for hiring illustrators for this book. Bill Hazlett, author of Excel for the Math Classroom, pointed out Ctrl + R. Carmichael, Shelley Fishel, Dawn Gilbert, Francis Logan, Michael Ortenberg, Jon Paterson, Mike Sullivan and Greg Lambert Lane suggested Ctrl + D. Thanks to the following people who suggested this tip: D. (Note that Ctrl+R fills right, which might be useful in other situations.)Īs an alternative, you can get the same results by pressing Ctrl + C before step 1 and replacing step 5 with Ctrl + V. Press Ctrl + D to fill the formula in C2 to all of the blanks in the selection. This selects all of the blank cells next to your data, plus the formula in C2. From cell C112, press Ctrl + Shift + Up Arrow.Press the Right Arrow key to return to the bottom of the mostly empty column C. Press Ctrl + Down Arrow to move to the last row with data.From your newly entered formula in C2, press the Left Arrow key to move to cell B2.While it seems complicated to explain, the people who tell me about this shortcut can do the entire thing in the blink of an eye. This shortcut requires the adjacent column to have no empty cells. Use a complex but effective keyboard shortcut. When you press Enter, it will be copied to the bottom. Once you have a table, simply enter the formula in C2. If you would select one cell in A1:B112 and press Ctrl + T, Excel will format the range as a table.
But there are even faster ways to solve this problem: This trick is an awesome trick if all you've done to this point is drag the Fill Handle to the bottom of the data set. It is my number-one time-saving trick.Īlternatives to Double-Clicking the Fill Handle In my live Power Excel seminars, this trick always elicits a gasp from half the people in the room. Provided that there is at least a diagonal path (for example, via B76-A77-B78), Excel will find the true bottom of the data set. But as you can see below, names like Madonna, Cher, or Pele will not cause problems. In the past, empty cells in the column to the left would cause the “double-click the Fill Handle” trick to stop working just before the empty cell.
Double-click.Įxcel looks at the surrounding data, finds the last row with data today, and copies the formula down to the last row of the data set. The mouse pointer changes to a black plus sign. The solution is to double-click the Fill Handle! Go to exactly the same spot where you start to drag the Fill Handle.
Before you know it, you’ve dragged the Fill Handle way too far. 200 microseconds is long enough for you to notice the pause but not long enough for you to react and let go of the mouse button. Starting in Excel 2010, there is a 200-microsecond pause at the last row of data. But as you drag down, Excel starts going faster and faster. Many people will grab the Fill Handle and start to drag down. You now need to copy the formula down to all of the rows of your data set. You’ve added a new formula in the top row of your data set, something like this =PROPER(A2&" "&B2), as shown below. Tip #1 from the MrExcel XL book - fast ways to copy a formula down a column.
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