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Colescfb
Feb 08, 2021Copper Contributor
Fill Handle not numbering
The last few months I have not been able to use the fill handle to the number on excel. When I pull the handle down all I get is the number repeated not a number sequence. For example I will p...
Riny_van_Eekelen
Feb 09, 2021Platinum Contributor
Colescfb If your "number" 1 is a text, it shall work. But if it is a real number you need to enter 1 in one cell, 2 in the cell below it. Then select both cells and fill down. Now, Excel will recognise the pattern and add 1 to each of the following cells. To my knowledge, that's how it always worked and still does.