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Written by Allen Wyatt (last updated June 11, 2020)
This tip applies to Excel 97, 2000, 2002, and 2003
Excel provides a pair of nifty shortcut keys that can be used to copy cells down and to the right. For instance, let's say you want to copy the contents of cell C3 to the fifteen cells just below it. All you need to do is select the sixteen cells (making sure that cell C3 is the top cell in the selection) and then press Ctrl+D. Cell C3 is copied to all the other cells below it.
Likewise, if you want to copy cells to the right, you can simply make a selection and press Ctrl+R. The value of the left-most cell in the selection will be copied to its right, filling out the selected range.
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2015-10-19 12:05:02
john
Good to learn something; something that I did not know.
Thanks.
John
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