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fill handle in Excel
Where is this mythical fill handle. I have it enabled, but I can't find it.
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fill handle in Excel
Hi,
It's not a myth it's real. select a cell and hover over the bottom right hand corner of the cell and that's the fill handle. If you double click it it fills down as far as there are data in an adjacent column Mike "Broadbrook" wrote: Where is this mythical fill handle. I have it enabled, but I can't find it. Thanks! |
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fill handle in Excel
How did you enable it?
In xl2003, I'd use: Tools|Options|Edit tab|check Allow cell drag and drop. Debra Dalgleish has some instructions (with pictures): http://contextures.com/xlDataEntry01.html#Mouse Broadbrook wrote: Where is this mythical fill handle. I have it enabled, but I can't find it. Thanks! -- Dave Peterson |
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When you select a cell, it is outlined in heavy black. At the right
bottom corner of the highlight box is a small black square. That's the Fill Handle. Cordially, Chip Pearson Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Excel Product Group Pearson Software Consulting, LLC www.cpearson.com (email on web site) On Wed, 15 Oct 2008 07:06:12 -0700, Broadbrook wrote: Where is this mythical fill handle. I have it enabled, but I can't find it. Thanks! |
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fill handle in Excel
Hi,
A few comments on the mythical fill handle: - You can drag it in all 4 directions - up, down, left, or right (it decriments when going up or left, in general) - You can drag it while holding down the Ctrl key which causes incrementation to change to copy and copy to change to incrementation, in many cases. - You can drag it with the right mouse button - when you release you will get a list of options. - You can double-click it and if there is an adjactent column of data it will fill down automatically. (This is a most important feature) This only works in the down direction. - There is an Options icon at the end of a fill that can be opened to give you options similar to those that appear when you drag with the right mouse. -- Thanks, Shane Devenshire "Broadbrook" wrote: Where is this mythical fill handle. I have it enabled, but I can't find it. Thanks! |
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