1. It is not OUR help system. This is an independent peer to peer ng that is
NOT part of MS.
2. Had you bothered to goto the HELP INDEX and just type in fill
you would have seen the 3rd option
3. Your apology to the ng is accepted.
Fill data within a row or column
1.. Select the cells you want to copy.
2.. Drag the fill handle across the cells you want to fill, and then
release the mouse button.
Tip

To fill in the active cell with the contents of the cell above it (fill
downward), press CTRL+D. To fill in with contents of the cell to the left
(fill to the right), press CTRL+R.

Note You can use Auto Fill Options to choose options for how to fill the
selection. For example, you can choose to Fill Formatting Only or Fill
Without Formatting.


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Don Guillett
SalesAid Software

"pinkie" wrote in message
...
tirying to fill in a column in my spreadsheet automatically.I want to
start
with the number 1 and increase by 1, e.g 1,2,3 etc, in a column of cells
I've
selected.believe it or not using your help system I was unable to find out
how to perform this extremely elementary operation. I was unable to find
the
fill option anywhere on the tool bar!
I believe your help system needs to be really improved on!