Jim,

Select the column, use Edit | Go To... Special , Blanks, OK. Then type an
equal sign, press the down arrow key once, and press Ctrl-Enter. Then copy
the whole column and paste special values.

HTH,
Bernie
MS Excel MVP


"Jim99" wrote in message
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I have this worksheet problem. The work sheet is thousands of rows long.
One
of my columns has cells not populated. I would like to get any empty cell
in
this column to populate itself with the contents of the next populated
cell
below it?
Kind of a "find and replace" action where by an empty cell says to it
self;"I'm going fill myself in with the next thing I find below me"
I would greatly appreciate if someone can relate how to do this.
Thanks