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I am trying to autofill a column with the same date, but have the autofill
change when a new date is encountered in the column.
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i don't think you can do it within the same column. there'd be no way
for an excel formula to compare & recognize a new date.
IMHO you'd need a helper column.......

dates are in colum a
formula in cell b1 would be:
=a1
formula in cell b2 would be:
=IF((A1=A2),A1,A2)
formula in cell b3 would be:
=IF((A2=A3),A2,A3)

drag down & autofill
hope it helps!
susan


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Assuming A1 has a date.

A2:A10 blank

A11 has a date.

A12:A20 blank.

A21 has a date.

Select column A and F5SpecuilBlanksOK

Type an = sign in active blank cell(A2) and then point or arrow up to A1.

Hit CTRL + ENTER.

You can copy/paste specialvalues to get rid of the formulas.


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP



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