if you want to drag down you have to fill atleast two cells. i.e. 1 and 2
and then highlight both and then drag down(or drag right)

otherwise use edit-fill and give the parameters


M.L wrote in message
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i typed 1 on cell A1 , and drag the square around the cell but it fills
the
below cells with the number 1 instead of 2,3,4,5,6,.................
Please help
Thanks