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    Auto populate cells

    I understand that once a cell is highlighted you can drag it to populate the following cells. Is there a function that can do this automatically to the next populated cell? The reason being is that my report has hundreds of lines and its too time consuming doing this one name at a time.

    What I have now
    Name Grade
    Ted 3
    3
    3
    Susan 4
    3


    What I want
    Name Grade
    Ted 3
    Ted 3
    Ted 3
    Susan 4
    Susan 3


    Thanks

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    Re: Auto populate cells

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    2 Ted 3 Ted 3
    3 3 Ted 3
    4 3 Ted 3
    5 Susan 4 Susan 4
    6 3 Susan 3
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    Re: Auto populate cells

    Thanks but is there any way to do this without having to create formulas or extra tables?
    Last edited by yuenk; 11-15-2016 at 02:04 PM.

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    Re: Auto populate cells

    Quote Originally Posted by yuenk View Post
    Thanks but is there any way to do this without having to create formulas or extra tables?
    If formula is not an option you would have to look for a VBA solution.

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    Re: Auto populate cells

    Hi there,

    See if the following code does what you need:

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    Hope this helps - please let me know how you get on.

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    Re: Auto Populate Cells

    Maybe:

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    Re: Auto Populate Cells

    Thanks this works! This is simple enough too

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