Comments on: Using Fill Handle for the Alphabet http://excelzoom.com/2009/03/using-fill-handle-for-the-alphabet/ ...because it's more than just a calculator Wed, 01 Feb 2012 22:06:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ken Wilmloth http://excelzoom.com/2009/03/using-fill-handle-for-the-alphabet/comment-page-1/#comment-803 Ken Wilmloth Sat, 28 Jan 2012 18:05:24 +0000 http://excelzoom.com/?p=95#comment-803 <a href="#comment-800" rel="nofollow">@Beverly Reed </a> When you get to the point of having the alphabetic characters in column B, select the cells containing the alphabetic characters and then copy the cells; then move to column C and use "Paste Special" selecting to copy only "values". Then then finish the "Copy Special" process. This will result in the cells of column C containing the desired alphabetic characters. The "Copy Special" process is useful when copying the results of a calculations into situations when you want a "clean" result. @Beverly Reed
When you get to the point of having the alphabetic characters in column B, select the cells containing the alphabetic characters and then copy the cells; then move to column C and use “Paste Special” selecting to copy only “values”. Then then finish the “Copy Special” process. This will result in the cells of column C containing the desired alphabetic characters.

The “Copy Special” process is useful when copying the results of a calculations into situations when you want a “clean” result.

]]> By: Beverly Reed http://excelzoom.com/2009/03/using-fill-handle-for-the-alphabet/comment-page-1/#comment-800 Beverly Reed Thu, 05 Jan 2012 22:13:24 +0000 http://excelzoom.com/?p=95#comment-800 Well, that’s great… and thank you. I now have A thru Z in Column B. However, when I delete column A (since I really have no need of the numbers “65 thru 90″ showing up in my document, my column B then shows up with “#VALUE!” in each and every cell?????? Looks like it will be MUCH, MUCH, MUCH faster to just type in the alphabet in column A and then be done with it! But thanks, anyway. Well, that’s great… and thank you. I now have A thru Z in Column B. However, when I delete column A (since I really have no need of the numbers “65 thru 90″ showing up in my document, my column B then shows up with “#VALUE!” in each and every cell??????

Looks like it will be MUCH, MUCH, MUCH faster to just type in the alphabet in column A and then be done with it! But thanks, anyway.

]]> By: Beverly Reed http://excelzoom.com/2009/03/using-fill-handle-for-the-alphabet/comment-page-1/#comment-799 Beverly Reed Thu, 05 Jan 2012 22:11:40 +0000 http://excelzoom.com/?p=95#comment-799 Well, that's great... and thank you. I now have A thru Z in Column B. However, when I delete column A (since I really have no need of the numbers "65 thru 90" showing up in my document, my column B then shows up with "#VALUE!" in each and every cell?????? Well, that’s great… and thank you. I now have A thru Z in Column B. However, when I delete column A (since I really have no need of the numbers “65 thru 90″ showing up in my document, my column B then shows up with “#VALUE!” in each and every cell??????

]]> By: VINAY KUMAR http://excelzoom.com/2009/03/using-fill-handle-for-the-alphabet/comment-page-1/#comment-178 VINAY KUMAR Sun, 06 Dec 2009 12:57:34 +0000 http://excelzoom.com/?p=95#comment-178 EXCELLENT , I WAS LOOKING FOR A SOLUTION TO HAVE EXCEL INCREMENT THE LETTERS OF ALPHABET IN THE SAME WAY IT INCREMENTS NUMBERS WHEN YOU DRAG THE FILL HANDLE . I AM NOW SUCCESSFUL . I WAS EARLIER DOING IN MANUALLY AND NOW IT IS ALL AUTOMATIC EXCELLENT , I WAS LOOKING FOR A SOLUTION TO HAVE EXCEL INCREMENT THE LETTERS OF ALPHABET IN THE SAME WAY IT INCREMENTS NUMBERS WHEN YOU DRAG THE FILL HANDLE . I AM NOW SUCCESSFUL . I WAS EARLIER DOING IN MANUALLY AND NOW IT IS ALL AUTOMATIC

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