AutoFill a Series

This little web site sells about 100 egg baskets a day. Suppose we sold another 5 baskets every day. What would the sales revenue be?

 

8. Try This: Enter the Data

In Cell D2 type 100.

In Cell D3 type 105.

And Do This: AutoFill a Series

Select Cell D2 AND D3: both the 100 and the 105. Now you have selected enough of a Range for Excel to recognize that this is a Series, incrementing by 5s.

 

Double click the AutoFill handle and the Series will fill down to match Column C on the left.

 

What Do You See? When you AutoFill this Series, Microsoft Excel adds 5 more to the quantity in each Row.


AutoFill Options

 

Exam 77-882: Microsoft Excel 2010 Core

2. Creating Cell Data

2.2. Apply AutoFill: AutoFill a Series