
you don't use the context menu button to modify anything). All subsequent work can be done purely with the keyboard, so long as you only use it to enter data (i.e. This means that you do need to use the mouse, but only the first time. To repeat the "auto-fill down" step, so long as you only enter data and press enter, you can repeat it by pressing Ctrl+Y.

Once you fill in the cell you want to auto-fill downwards, double-click the bottom right corner as usual. Method 2 (my preferred way, one-time mouse interaction) Then, press Ctrl+D to "fill down" into the entire range from the top cell. After you enter the data in the cell, press Ctrl+Shift+End to select from the current cell to the end of the range that would be auto-filled. Method 1 (alternate, but it works with no mouse interaction)Īnother way to accomplish this is to use a combination of the fill-down shortcut and the select all in range. Should you go the macro route, the AutoFill method on any Range object should be all that you need. Outside of these two methods, I do not believe you can accomplish what you seek without the use of macros or add-in modules. I highly suggest you try both methods and then determine which works best for you. Unfortunately, both methods do have their own caveats, since Excel does not provide an all-in-one keyboard shortcut for auto-fill. On the Alignment tab select the Wrap Text check box.I provide you with two methods to accomplish what you want. To see the results of the formula on separate lines, display the Format Cells dialog box (click Format | Cells). Instead you'll see a small square box where the line feed character is located. If, after entering your formula, you don't see the results on separate lines, it is because you don't have wrapping turned on for the cell. The CHAR(10) inserts a line feed character, which is the same as is done by Excel when you press Alt+Enter. The following formula shows this approach: If you find entering this type of formula distracting, you can always use the actual character code that Excel does whenever you press Alt+Enter.

Thus, you would end up with a formula that looked like this just before entering it: In this instance, every place that you see you would actually press Alt+Enter. For instance, consider the following formula: The first method is to simply press Alt+Enter between the values as you are entering the formula. There are two ways that this can be approached, and both end up with the same results. He is looking for a way to simulate the pressing of Alt+Enter between each of the concatenated values. Kirk has a formula that concatenates text values: =A1 & A2 & A3.
