Use the "fill handle", to fill down or across.
Fill cells are empty spaces within a spreadsheet where information can be inputted. They allow users to enter data, formulas, or text in specific locations to organize and analyze information effectively. Fill cells can be customized and formatted to suit the user's needs in a spreadsheet.
It allows you to quickly fill a range of cells with some data or a formula.
The dot at the bottom right of each cell in Microsoft Excel is called the fill handle. It is used to quickly fill cells with repetitive or sequential data by dragging the handle across multiple cells.
Copy the forumula to the cells where you drag the fill handle.
Copy the forumula to the cells where you drag the fill handle.
One way to enter repetitive text in cells more efficiently is to use the fill handle in Excel. Simply enter the text in one cell, then click and drag the fill handle (small square at the bottom right corner of the cell) to fill adjacent cells with the same text. Additionally, you can use the CONCATENATE function to combine text from multiple cells into one.
The default is nofill or no colour. It just appears as white.
On request, cells are automatically filled with data, usually based on cells above, or to the left.
In Excel, the cells are referred to as "cells" themselves, but the thick white cross-shaped pointer is known as the "fill handle." This pointer appears when you hover over the bottom-right corner of a selected cell or range of cells, allowing you to quickly fill adjacent cells with a series of values or copy the content of the selected cell.
For Excel 2007, it is the button that looks like a paint can tipped over. You will find it on the Home tab in the Font section. Another option is on the Home tab in the Cells section, under the Format option (Format Cells | Fill).
First, select the cells. Then press Ctrl - 1 to open the Format Cell dialog box. On the Fill tab or Patterns tab, depending on the version of Excel you have, you can choose to colour the cells.
It fills cells to the right of the current cell, when you have selected some to copy something into. So if you select a cell and some cells to the right of it, what is in the first cell can be copied into the others, using the fill right facility.