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Default Copy info into empty cells below info, until finds cell with new d

Select A and B then F5SpecialBlanksOK

Type an = sign in active blank cell then point or arrow up to cell above.

CTRL + ENTER to fill all blanks with the value from each cell above.

In place.............CopyPaste SpecialValuesOKEsc.


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

On Sun, 16 Nov 2008 05:34:05 -0800, Fat Jack Utah <Fat Jack
wrote:

In Excel 2000 - I need a formula that will start at the top of a colum. WHen
it finds data in that column - copy that data to the cells below it which are
Empty or null cells, until it finds a cell with new data.. then begin to copy
that data in the empty or null cells below it until it finds a cell with
different data and so on

Sample (I Have thousands of this spaces of activity , so just copy would
take days)

08-01-08 Fred Jones Station 1
Station 2
Stations 3
John Smith Station 1
08-02-08 Sally Smith Station 4
Station 216
Station 1

Thanks for any help.. AS I said SOme times there is 50-200 spaces before the
new data and sometimes 1-2