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<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Automatically Calculating Series</title>
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<created date="2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.</created>
<lastedited date="2006-12-04T12:04:13">FPE: Deleted screen shot, heavily reedited; dedr: reviewed</lastedited>
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<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3150769"><bookmark_value>series; calculating</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>calculating; series</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>linear series</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>growth series</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>date series</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>powers of 2 calculations</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>cells; filling automatically</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>auto filling cells</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>AutoFill function</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>filling;cells, automatically</bookmark_value>
</bookmark><comment>mw made "powers of 2;..." a one level entry and changed "AutoFill" entry</comment>
<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3150769" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="6"><variable id="calc_series"><link href="text/scalc/guide/calc_series.xhp" name="Automatically Calculating Series">Automatically Filling in Data Based on Adjacent Cells</link>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN106A8" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">You can automatically fill cells with data with the AutoFill command or the Series command.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="heading" id="par_idN106D3" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="NEW">Using AutoFill</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN106D7" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">AutoFill automatically generates a data series based on a defined pattern.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3154319" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="7">On a sheet, click in cell, and type a number.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_idN106CB" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Click in another cell and then click back in the cell where you typed the number.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3145272" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="16">Drag the fill handle in the bottom right corner of the cell across the cells that you want to fill, and release the mouse button.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3145801" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="17">The cells are filled with ascending numbers.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="tip" id="par_idN106EE" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">To quickly create a list of consecutive days, enter "Monday" in a cell, and drag the fill handle.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id9720145" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Hold down Ctrl if you do not want to fill the cells with different values.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="note" id="par_id3154490" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="18">If you select two or more adjacent cells that contain different numbers, and drag, the remaining cells are filled with the arithmetic pattern that is recognized in the numbers. The AutoFill function also recognizes customized lists that are defined under <item type="menuitem">Tools - Options - %PRODUCTNAME Calc - Sort Lists</item>.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="tip" id="par_idN10737" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">You can double-click the fill handle to automatically fill all empty columns of the current data block. For example, first enter Jan into A1 and drag the fill handle down to A12 to get the twelve months in the first column. Now enter some values into B1 and C1. Select those two cells, and double-click the fill handle. This fills automatically the data block B1:C12.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="heading" id="par_idN10713" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="NEW">Using a Defined Series</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3150749" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="9">Select the cell range in the sheet that you want to fill.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3154754" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="19">Choose <item type="menuitem">Edit - Fill - Series</item>.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_idN10716" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Select the parameters for the series. </paragraph>
<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_idN10731" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">If you select a <emph>linear</emph> series, the increment that you enter is <emph>added</emph> to each consecutive number in the series to create the next value.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_idN1073C" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">If you select a <emph>growth</emph> series, the increment that you enter is <emph>multiplied</emph> by each consecutive number to create the next value.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_idN10747" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">If you select a <emph>date</emph> series, the increment that you enter is added to the time unit that you specify.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3159173" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="20"><link href="text/shared/optionen/01060400.xhp" name="Sort lists">Sort lists</link></paragraph>
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