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.
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.
It will copy the formula to other cells. If the cell references are relative, they will change. If they are mixed, they may or may not change, depending on which way the cells are referenced and the direction the cells are being filled. If they are absolute, they will not change.