Hi,
If you know how to write and run a macro...
sub filldown()

range("a1:c10").select 'you can either enter the range
'here or leave this line out and highlight the range
'before you run the macro

selection.specialcells(xlcelltypeblanks).select
selection.formulaR1C1="=R[-1]C

end sub

peter

-----Original Message-----
I have a large spreadsheet, it has names and blanks in
column A. I want to
fill in the blanks with the name above the blanks with
out having to do it
manually. Any ides???
.