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I have days that repeat Mon Wed Mon Wed, etc... on a schedule. Next to those
days are dates like 8/25/08 and 8/27/08.

It would be NICE if I could highlight those two dates, than using my mouse
move to the lower right hand corner of that highlighted box, so that the "+"
plus sign appears. Than drag that box down so I get new dates like 9/01/08
and 9/03/08 etc for a few months.

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Try this:

Enter the first date in a cell, say, A1. The first date must be either a
Monday or Wednesday date.

A1 = 8/11/2008 (Monday)

Enter this formula in A2 and copy down as needed:

=A1+IF(WEEKDAY(A1)=2,2,5)

--
Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP


"Jim Fisher" wrote in message
...
I have days that repeat Mon Wed Mon Wed, etc... on a schedule. Next to
those
days are dates like 8/25/08 and 8/27/08.

It would be NICE if I could highlight those two dates, than using my mouse
move to the lower right hand corner of that highlighted box, so that the
"+"
plus sign appears. Than drag that box down so I get new dates like
9/01/08
and 9/03/08 etc for a few months.

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It didn't work...but I get the idea....treating a date/day like a formula


"T. Valko" wrote:

Try this:

Enter the first date in a cell, say, A1. The first date must be either a
Monday or Wednesday date.

A1 = 8/11/2008 (Monday)

Enter this formula in A2 and copy down as needed:

=A1+IF(WEEKDAY(A1)=2,2,5)

--
Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP


"Jim Fisher" wrote in message
...
I have days that repeat Mon Wed Mon Wed, etc... on a schedule. Next to
those
days are dates like 8/25/08 and 8/27/08.

It would be NICE if I could highlight those two dates, than using my mouse
move to the lower right hand corner of that highlighted box, so that the
"+"
plus sign appears. Than drag that box down so I get new dates like
9/01/08
and 9/03/08 etc for a few months.

----------------
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It didn't work...

Care to expand on that?

I can assure you it does work if you followed my suggestion.

--
Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP


"Jim Fisher" wrote in message
...

It didn't work...but I get the idea....treating a date/day like a formula


"T. Valko" wrote:

Try this:

Enter the first date in a cell, say, A1. The first date must be either a
Monday or Wednesday date.

A1 = 8/11/2008 (Monday)

Enter this formula in A2 and copy down as needed:

=A1+IF(WEEKDAY(A1)=2,2,5)

--
Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP


"Jim Fisher" wrote in message
...
I have days that repeat Mon Wed Mon Wed, etc... on a schedule. Next to
those
days are dates like 8/25/08 and 8/27/08.

It would be NICE if I could highlight those two dates, than using my
mouse
move to the lower right hand corner of that highlighted box, so that
the
"+"
plus sign appears. Than drag that box down so I get new dates like
9/01/08
and 9/03/08 etc for a few months.

----------------
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suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the
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Hi Biff,

Here is what I did---2 different methods and results:

Method 1: In A1 I put

8/11/2008 (Monday)

in B1 I put

=A1+IF(WEEKDAY(A1)=2,2,5)

my results are (being copied a few cells down)

#Value!
#Value!
#Value!
#Value!
#Value!

Method 2: In A1 I put

8/11/2008

in B1 I put

=A1+IF(WEEKDAY(A1)=2,2,5)

my results are (being copied a few cells down)

39673
39678
39680
39685
39687
39692
39694
39699
39701
39706

I was hoping instead to have Dates that appeared as Mon Wed Mon Wed....

or

8/11/2008
8/13/2008
8/25/2008
8/27/2008
9/1/2008
9/3/2008
etc....

-Jim



"T. Valko" wrote:

It didn't work...

Care to expand on that?

I can assure you it does work if you followed my suggestion.

--
Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP


"Jim Fisher" wrote in message
...

It didn't work...but I get the idea....treating a date/day like a formula


"T. Valko" wrote:

Try this:

Enter the first date in a cell, say, A1. The first date must be either a
Monday or Wednesday date.

A1 = 8/11/2008 (Monday)

Enter this formula in A2 and copy down as needed:

=A1+IF(WEEKDAY(A1)=2,2,5)

--
Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP


"Jim Fisher" wrote in message
...
I have days that repeat Mon Wed Mon Wed, etc... on a schedule. Next to
those
days are dates like 8/25/08 and 8/27/08.

It would be NICE if I could highlight those two dates, than using my
mouse
move to the lower right hand corner of that highlighted box, so that
the
"+"
plus sign appears. Than drag that box down so I get new dates like
9/01/08
and 9/03/08 etc for a few months.

----------------
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suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the
"I
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BIFF

IT DOES WORK!!!

Sorry...I forgot to format as Dates!!!


-Jim


"T. Valko" wrote:

It didn't work...

Care to expand on that?

I can assure you it does work if you followed my suggestion.

--
Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP


"Jim Fisher" wrote in message
...

It didn't work...but I get the idea....treating a date/day like a formula


"T. Valko" wrote:

Try this:

Enter the first date in a cell, say, A1. The first date must be either a
Monday or Wednesday date.

A1 = 8/11/2008 (Monday)

Enter this formula in A2 and copy down as needed:

=A1+IF(WEEKDAY(A1)=2,2,5)

--
Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP


"Jim Fisher" wrote in message
...
I have days that repeat Mon Wed Mon Wed, etc... on a schedule. Next to
those
days are dates like 8/25/08 and 8/27/08.

It would be NICE if I could highlight those two dates, than using my
mouse
move to the lower right hand corner of that highlighted box, so that
the
"+"
plus sign appears. Than drag that box down so I get new dates like
9/01/08
and 9/03/08 etc for a few months.

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Most of the time Excel will automatically format cells that have date
formulas.

Glad you got it straightened out!

--
Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP


"Jim Fisher" wrote in message
...


BIFF

IT DOES WORK!!!

Sorry...I forgot to format as Dates!!!


-Jim


"T. Valko" wrote:

It didn't work...

Care to expand on that?

I can assure you it does work if you followed my suggestion.

--
Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP


"Jim Fisher" wrote in message
...

It didn't work...but I get the idea....treating a date/day like a
formula


"T. Valko" wrote:

Try this:

Enter the first date in a cell, say, A1. The first date must be either
a
Monday or Wednesday date.

A1 = 8/11/2008 (Monday)

Enter this formula in A2 and copy down as needed:

=A1+IF(WEEKDAY(A1)=2,2,5)

--
Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP


"Jim Fisher" wrote in message
...
I have days that repeat Mon Wed Mon Wed, etc... on a schedule. Next
to
those
days are dates like 8/25/08 and 8/27/08.

It would be NICE if I could highlight those two dates, than using my
mouse
move to the lower right hand corner of that highlighted box, so that
the
"+"
plus sign appears. Than drag that box down so I get new dates like
9/01/08
and 9/03/08 etc for a few months.

----------------
This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to
the
suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click
the
"I
Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button,
follow
this
link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader
and
then
click "I Agree" in the message pane.

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