I am trying to make an excel formula with one element repeating, and the
other filing down numerickly when I use the fill option
ex: a1*b1, a1*b2, a1*b3, but being able to do this in the fill option so I
don't have to right the formula aprox 5000 times

try
$a$1*b1

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Don Guillett
SalesAid Software

"nem" wrote in message
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I am trying to make an excel formula with one element repeating, and the
other filing down numerickly when I use the fill option
ex: a1*b1, a1*b2, a1*b3, but being able to do this in the fill option so I
don't have to right the formula aprox 5000 times

Assuming you enter this in C1 =$A$1*B1

Note the $ signs which lock A1

Double-click on the fill handle of C1 to fill down as far as you have data in an
adjacent column.......B in this case.


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

On Tue, 12 Sep 2006 10:44:02 -0700, nem wrote:

I am trying to make an excel formula with one element repeating, and the
other filing down numerickly when I use the fill option
ex: a1*b1, a1*b2, a1*b3, but being able to do this in the fill option so I
don't have to right the formula aprox 5000 times