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Hello,
All you need to do is setup a macro with Use Relative References. Assign this macro a keyboard shortcut. I did CTRl + D.

Now select the cell which you can autofill and then click with your mouse this one time to perform the autofill action.

Then stop macro.

Now when ever you want to autofill just press CTRL+D.

All this can be done without coding in Visual Basic for Applications.

If you want the macro to always be available when you open Excel, then you will need to save in in your PERSONAL.XLSB workbook.

Really very easy and awesome!
Matt



Anthony DiSanti wrote:

Autofill Keyboard Shortcut
16-Feb-10

As far as I can tell, the only options are via the mouse or the menu system. Clearly the mouse is not what you're looking for, so you can use keyboard shortcuts to control the menu system, but as you'll see, this is suboptimal due to the depth at which this option is buried.

1. Select the entire range you wish to extend the series, including the seed you've placed at the beginning
2. Enter the menu system: ALT
3. Select the Home tab: H
4. Select the Fill menu: FI
5. Select Series...: S
6. Select Autofill: F
7. Execute Command: Enter

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Autofill keyboard shortcut
Hi

Does anyone know of a way to use Autofill with a keyboard shortcut? That
would be excellent. I think it's one of the few remaining reasons I have to
use the mouse in excel

E.g. you select a column of text using the shift and arrow keys, then want
to autofil it across to the next column. Copy and paste works for simple
copies, but not it you want to extend the series (which you would have to do
with the drag handle in the corner of the cell

Atreides

Hi Atreides,If all you need is the final keyboard shortcut Ctrl+R is fill
Hi Atreides
If all you need is the final keyboard shortcu
Ctrl+R is fill to the right (Ctrl+D is fill down
I really would not be able to do much without the mous
even if I typed the range into the name box to the lef
of the formula bar for a big sheet

I've placed all of the keyboard shortcuts on one web pag
http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/shortx2k.ht
-
HTH
David McRitchie, Microsoft MVP -- Exce
My Excel Pages: http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/excel.ht

"Atreides" <atreides1AThotmailD0Tcom> wrote in message

Hi David,As far as I can tell, this only copies formulas from the cell to the
Hi David

As far as I can tell, this only copies formulas from the cell to the
left/above - which is useful, but I can't get it to work for filling series.
Oh well

Thanks anywa

Atreide

:

It's the same as using the fill-handle, the active cell and the selectionhave
It's the same as using the fill-handle, the active cell and the selectio
have to be correct -- kind of hard to do without the mouse
My page on fill-handle would probably be better than my shortcut page
http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/fillhand.ht
but I'm sure you know what you want and have been doing it all along
-
HTH
David McRitchie, Microsoft MVP -- Exce
My Excel Pages: http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/excel.ht

"Atreides" <atreides1AThotmailD0Tcom> wrote...

RE: Autofill keyboard shortcut
Hi

Do the following

1. Enter a value in a cell.
2. Click the cell to the right and press Ctrl+
3. Right-click the Auto fill handle of the selected cell and drag down
downwards
4. When to release the right button, a popup menu is displayed
5. Click Fill Series and you will notice that all cell values are filled ina
series - incremental

Challa Prabh

:

Autofill Keyboard Shortcut
As far as I can tell, the only options are via the mouse or the menu system. Clearly the mouse is not what you're looking for, so you can use keyboard shortcuts to control the menu system, but as you'll see, this is suboptimal due to the depth at which this option is buried.

1. Select the entire range you wish to extend the series, including the seed you've placed at the beginning
2. Enter the menu system: ALT
3. Select the Home tab: H
4. Select the Fill menu: FI
5. Select Series...: S
6. Select Autofill: F
7. Execute Command: Enter


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