One way:

Type 1.03 in any unused cell. Copy that cell, select all the values you want
to increase by 3%. Then EditPasteSpecialMultiply.

Hope this helps
Rowan

"hornet" wrote:

I want to increase last year's departmental expenditure (in excel
spreadsheet) by 3% to present a proposed budget for next year. I ned to
increase the figure in each cell by 3% but don't know how.
excel 2003 version
Thanks