Another thing to consider is that if your boss doesn't want to see the
formulas, just copy the column, select paste special--values and click OK.

Dave
--
Brevity is the soul of wit.


"Dave F" wrote:

=UPPER(A1)

Select that, hold the shift and down arrow and release these keys when you
get to the end of your range. Then CTRL+D.

The method you were trying is for data series, i.e., Monday, Tuesday,
Wednesday, etc.

Dave
--
Brevity is the soul of wit.


"Shohoku79" wrote:

Ok, I understand that in Excel, to convert a string of texts to all caps
could be done by using the UPPER formula ( e.g. UPPER("Text") )
My supervisor came to me and asked me, she has a column full of street
addresses in mixed cases that she needs to convert to all caps.

Example:
123 Main Street
1412 south avenue
592 northern main drive
243 EAST ROAD

I tried the UPPER formula on the first one and wanted to do the same for all
the others, but the Fill series / paste special all seemed to end up copying
the contents of the first cell rather than repeating the =UPPER("text") for
the series. Then I thought about doing this by reference. So I copie
generated a seperate column and used the reference formula (=UPPER(A1)) and
filled series, this worked. But my boss complained and said this is too
complicated and insisted that there is an easier way.

My question now is, is there any way to do this without having to use
reference?

Thanks a bunch.