Comments on: Extending Formulas

By: charlie

charlie — Wed, 16 Feb 2005 17:21:00 +0000

Alchemyst – can you check this again with the example Dick first presented? If column B is empty, the select drops all the way to the 65536 because the activecell in the selection is still B1 and thus Excel will look in column B for the start/end of a data block.

By: Alchemyst

Alchemyst — Wed, 16 Feb 2005 16:48:00 +0000

Minimizing the number of different vulcan neckgrips you need to execute and assuming the formula you want is already in B1 with a column of data starting in A1, copy the formula (Cntrl-C), then hold down shift and execute this dance:
Left, Ctrl-down, right (note all these have a common hold on shift)

You have selected the adjacent row. You may now paste. I find this is pretty easy to groove.

By: Fadi

Fadi — Wed, 16 Feb 2005 16:29:00 +0000

by the way, I was trying out Dianne’s tip and discovered that Ctrl+Alt+Tab adds left-indentation to a cell.

By: Dianne Butterworth

Dianne Butterworth — Wed, 16 Feb 2005 15:46:00 +0000

Charlie,

Thanks for the info. I knew it was too good to be true!

By: Stephen Bullen

Stephen Bullen — Tue, 15 Feb 2005 17:10:00 +0000

With ‘Transition navigation keys’ turned on (in Tools > Options > Transition): select B1, hold down the shift key and press Left, End, Down, Right, then Ctrl+D to fill down the formula.

By: charlie

charlie — Tue, 15 Feb 2005 16:58:00 +0000

Dianne, Dick,

I find this really only works well on a 'clean' worksheet. Ctrl + Shift + end will select to the end of the used range - which may cause problems if there is (or was) anything below or right of the data you're filling.

By: Dick

Dick — Tue, 15 Feb 2005 15:22:00 +0000

You win Dianne. That’s nice.

By: charlie

charlie — Tue, 15 Feb 2005 10:16:00 +0000

Select A1
Ctrl+Shift+Down to select the data
Alt+Right arrow to 'hop' the selection right, (mapped to a macro that executes Selection.Offset(0,1).Select)
Ctrl + D

By: Dianne Butterworth

Dianne Butterworth — Mon, 14 Feb 2005 23:32:00 +0000

For years I have been doing this the same way Juan Pablo does, but I was fiddling and found this:

1. In B1, Ctrl+C to copy.
2. Ctrl+Shift+End to select to end of column.
3. Ctrl+V to paste.

Neat! I am a keyboard-oriented user, so any new shortcuts make me happy!

By: Jason Morin

Jason Morin — Mon, 14 Feb 2005 22:55:00 +0000

Oops. Let's try that again.

1. Select B1.
2. Hold down the Shift key and arrow down until you arrive at B7 (page down with larger selections).
3. Press F2.
4. Press Ctrl + Enter.

I'm a big fan of Ctrl + Enter for filling in cells.