Quickly Copy Excel Formula Down
- Select the cell with the formula
- Point to the fill handle, at the bottom right of the selected cell
- When the pointer changes to a black plus sigh, double-click the fill handle
Fill Down with Empty Adjacent Column
However, if the adjacent column is empty, this fill handle trick doesn’t work. How can you quickly enter formulas in a column, if you’re setting up a workbook, with lots of empty cells?
Here’s how I do it – maybe you have another trick to do the same thing:
- Select the cell with the formula
- Click in the Name Box, and type the range where you want the formula entered. In this example, the formula is in cell D2, and it should go down to cell D2000.
- Press the Enter key, to select the range of cells
- On the keyboard, press Ctrl + D, to fill the formula down through the selected cells.