Use Of Fill Series | Fill Series Of Dates In Excel
Use Of Fill Series | Fill Series Of Dates In Excel @BrainUpp
Use the Fill Handle
Select the cell that contains the first date. Drag the fill handle across the adjacent cells that you want to fill with sequential dates. at the lower-right corner of the cell, hold down, and drag to fill the rest of the series. Fill handles can be dragged up, down, or across a spreadsheet.
How to fill date series in Excel
When you need to fill a column with dates in Excel, the fastest way is to use the AutoFill feature.
Auto fill a date series in Excel
Filling a column or row with dates that increment by one day is very easy:
Type the initial date in the first cell.
Select the cell with the initial date and drag the fill handle (a small green square at the bottom-right corner) down or to the right.
Excel will immediately generate a series of dates in the same format as the first date that you typed manually.
Fill a column with weekdays, months or years
To create a series of workdays, months or years, do one of the following:
Fill a column with sequential dates as described above. After that, click the AutoFill Optionsbutton and pick the desired option, say Fill Months:
Or you can enter your first date, right-click the fill handle, hold and drag through as many cells as needed. When you release the mouse button, a context menu will pop-up letting you select the needed option, Fill Years in our case
Fill a series of dates incrementing by N days
To auto generate a series of days, weekdays, months or years with a specific step, this is what you need to do:
Enter the initial date in the first cell.
Select that cell, right-click the fill handle, drag it through as many cells as needed, and then release.
In the pop-up menu, choose Series (the last item).
In the Series dialog box, select the Date unit of interest and set the Step value.
Click OK.
How to Autofill Dates in Microsoft Excel
How to Autofill Sequential Dates
► Example: 04/04/19, 04/05/19, 04/06/19, ...
Autofilling sequential dates is easy. There are several methods, and we provide step-by-step directions for the easiest method. Then we discuss two alternative methods using different Excel functions that some might prefer to use.
Key in the beginning date in the first cell and format the cell to look as you wish.
Fill Handle
Hover the mouse over the bottom right corner of the cell until you see the Fill Handle.
With the LEFT mouse button pressed, drag along the row or column to select the cells to autofill.
Release the mouse button.
How to Autofill Dates with Any Step Value
► Example: 04/04/19, 04/07/19, 04/10/19, ...
There are three ways to autofill every "nth" date. We've listed them below from fast to slow.
Method #1: Fill Handle with Two Dates
Key in the beginning TWO dates and format the cells.
Hover the mouse over the lower right edge of the second cell until you see the Fill Handle.
With the LEFT mouse button pressed, drag along the row or column to select the cells to autofill. Release the mouse.
Method #2: Fill Handle and Series Window
Enter the starting date and format the cell.
Hover the mouse over the lower right corner of the cell until you see the Fill Handle
With the RIGHT mouse button pressed, drag to select the cells to autofill and select Series from the lower portion of the menu that appears (NOT "Fill series").
Enter the step value in the Series Dialog box as shown above, and click OK.
Method #3: Series Window from Ribbon / Menus
Key in the first date and press Enter. Then select that cell and the cells to be filled.
The next step depends on your version of Excel:
Excel 2007 and later: Click the Fill Icon on the Editing section of the ribbon's Home tab, and click Series from the Fill menu.
Enter the step value in the Series Dialog box as shown in the image. Then click OK.
How to Autofill Sequential Weekday Dates
Follow the steps below to autofill sequential weekday dates—no Saturday and Sunday dates. Companies especially find this useful.
Key in the starting date and format the cell.
Hover the mouse over the lower right corner of the cell until you see the Fill Handle.
With the RIGHT mouse button pressed, drag to select the cells to autofill.
Release the mouse button and select Fill Weekdays from the menu that displays.
Autofill Weekday Dates with Any Step Value
These instructions show how to autofill every "nth" weekday date. Excel skips all weekend dates, of course.
Key in the first date and press Enter. Then select that cell and the cells to be filled.
The next step depends on your version of Excel
In the Series Dialog box, select Weekday as the Date unit, and the step value.
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