I suppose an alternative is to split up the alpha and numeric bits, fill
your numeric series with the right mouse button and then concatenate them
back together. It depends on how big a deal the job is, I guess.

--
Andy.


"Dave C." wrote in message
...
Kind of puzzling, huh? I am using Excel 2003. This doesn't seem like it
would be that difficult of a task. It's strange that when you click,
either
left or right mouse button in the lower right corner of the cell and drag
down, everything goes in ascending order even though it's alpha-numeric.
Conversely, doing the same in the upper right corner of a cell and
dragging
upward, it has a descending effect. One would think that this process
could
be reversed.

"Andy B" wrote:

Hmmm. Having re-read your post I can see that you are trying this on
alpha-numerics. It depends on the format they are in - and also the
version
of Excel, I guess.

--
Andy.


"Dave C." wrote in message
...
That it does, but when I select the fill option, it just performs the
fill,
but doesn't allow me to select the -1 stepping. However if I go to a
blank
column and type a number then select the entire column and choose
edit/fill/series/ -1 on the stepping it works.....

"Andy B" wrote:

When you drag down using the *right* mouse button, a menu should pop
up
at
when you release it, with various options on.

--
Andy.


"Dave C." wrote in message
...
Thanks for the input Andy. I tried that and it did not seem to
work.
I
wonder if I need to close the active wb and then reopen it and try
again.

"Andy B" wrote:

Hi
One way is to drag down with the right mouse button and then select
Series .
.. . and select -1 in the Step field.

--
Andy.


"Dave C." wrote in message
...
All,

I am seeking information on how to change the default auto fill
order
from
ascending to descending when using alpha numeric entries.

To clarify, if you enter data into a cell and then click the
lower
right
corner and drag to the next lower cell(s) the value increases. I
would
like
it to decrease. How can I set that up.