Enter the first 2 cells manually, then select *both*, and drag down.

8:45
8:50

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HTH,

RD

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"Mary M." <Mary wrote in message
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I'm not an experienced excel user. I'm trying to fill a column with times
beginning with 8:45 AM through 3:00 PM. This is painful. I can fill but
the
increment is one hour. I need to know how to change it to 5 minutes.
Should
I just give up and type the numbers in????