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Need to fill blank cells in a column with the data from the previous
non-blank cell in Excel 2000. Used to do this in Lotus. Can't seem to get it
in Excel


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try editfillseries (select one)
Lotus's is simpler.

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Need to fill blank cells in a column with the data from

the previous
non-blank cell in Excel 2000. Used to do this in Lotus.

Can't seem to get it
in Excel


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Peo Sjoblom
 
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One way, assuming you mean you have

data
blank
data
blank

or something like that and you want the cell with data to fill in the blanks
below them?

Select the whole range, press F5, select special and blanks,
type equal sign, click on the first cell with data in the selected range,
press ctrl + enter
This will put a formula in the blanks cell refering to the cells above them,
if you want to remove the formula just copy and paste special as values in
place

Regards,

Peo Sjoblom

"Clive Darling" wrote:

Need to fill blank cells in a column with the data from the previous
non-blank cell in Excel 2000. Used to do this in Lotus. Can't seem to get it
in Excel


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Debra Dalgleish
 
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There are instructions here for filling blank cells manually or
programmatically:

http://www.contextures.com/xlDataEntry02.html

Clive Darling wrote:
Need to fill blank cells in a column with the data from the previous
non-blank cell in Excel 2000. Used to do this in Lotus. Can't seem to get it
in Excel




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