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How to quickly apply formula to an entire column or row with/without dragging in Excel?

Sometimes you may need to apply one same formula to an entire column or row in Excel, such as C1=A1*2, C2=A2*2, …, Cn=An*2. It will be quite tedious if you enter the formula in each cell one by one. There are some tricky ways to apply one same formula to an enter column or row quickly.

Supposing you need to apply the formula of =(A1*3+8)/5 in the Column C, and see the following tutorials to apply the same formula to entire Column C.

Apply formula to an entire column by double-clicking AutoFill handle

The easiest way to apply a formula to below cells: Double-clicking on the AutoFill handle (the small square in the lower-right corner) of the formula cell.

Note: The auto-fill feature will stop once it reaches a blank cell.

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Apply formula to an entire column or row with dragging AutoFill handle

Dragging the AutoFill handle is the most common way to apply the same formula to an entire column or row in Excel.

Firstly type the formula of =(A1*3+8)/5 in Cell C1, and then drag the AutoFill Handle down to the bottom in Column C, then the formula of =(A1*3+8)/5 is applied in the whole Column C. If you need to apply it to the entire row, you can drag the AutoFill Handle to the far right.
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Note: This dragging AutoFill handle method requires formula calculation automatically. You can enable it with clicking Formulas > Calculation Options > Automatic. See below screenshot:

Apply formula to an entire column or row without dragging by shortcut keyboards

Sometimes, the column you want to apply the formula may covers hundreds of rows, and dragging Fill handle may be not convenient. Actually you and use shortcut keyboards to archive it easily in Excel.

Firstly, select the whole Column C, secondly enter the formula =(A1*3+8)/5, and then press the Ctrl + Enter keys together.

If you want apply the formula to an entire row, you can select the entire row first.

Apply formula to an entire column or row without dragging by Fill feature

Actually there is a Fill command on Excel Ribbon to help you apply formula to an entire column or row quickly.

Firstly enter the formula =(A1*3+8)/5 into the Cell C1 (the first cell of column where you will enter the same formula), secondly select the entire Column C, and then click Home > Fill > Down.

If you want to apply the formula to entire row, just enter the formula into the first cell of your entire row, next select the entire row, and then click Home > Fill > Right.

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Hervé
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Bonjour et merci pour le tuto.

Petit question, je sais pas si elle a deja été posée, mais comment faire si j'ai un colonne de 1000 lignes ?
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Amanda Lee
Amanda Lee     Hervé
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Hi there,

You can double-click on the small green square in the lower-right corner of the cell which contains the formula. The formula will then fill in the below cells at once.

Amanda
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Cindy
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When dragging function down a column I cant get formula to go past line 30. 31 and down shows #VALUE! any suggestions?
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Tina
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I need to combine 2 columns (last name first name) into 1 column (name) and then delete the 2 columns that I combined. How do I do that?
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Cindy     Tina
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Formula =A1&" "&B2
make sure there's a space between the "
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Hi, i wanted to ask something
I want to count the total Shifts within the Shift column and put it in either Shift 1,Shift 2, or Shift 3 in column Q,R & S.
As you can see in the picture, i already copy the formula from M2 (Circle 2) to below it.
The thing is, i wanted to count the Shift per Each Day.
But as you can see i had a little bit of problem. I had 2 problems :
1. I want to copy the formula to the cell below BUT in a different day, NOT the same day, i searched on the internet and i still don't have a clue on how to do that.
2.If there's no way to do that, is there any way that i can count the shift (i'm using COUNTIF here in Q2,R2 & S2 (Circle 3) ) from 23rd July - 30th July, without including the shift from the same day ? The point is i wanted to retrieve one shift per day, and as you can see if i retrieve the data, it counts as three/four shift per day (Circle 1).

If there's any question about my problem, do feel free to ask !!
Thank you.
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percikjernihriaktelaga@gmail.com
   
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I forgot to attach the picture i think, here it is.
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Saif
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hi, if the cell are not the same size in a column, then how can i copy the calculation of the top cell of column to the end (there are 200 rows in that column), as example if the first cell contains three rows merged but the second one is of two rows merged then dragging option does not work, what to do then ? pls advise.
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kellytte
kellytte     Saif
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Hi Saif,
Hotkeys may work.
Select the target column or cells you will apply formulas, type the formula in the formula bar, and then press Ctrl + Enter keys simultaneously.
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Albana
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Pershendetje , si mund te funksionoje formula ne excel pa i dhene save , sepse nuk e shfaq veprimi e kryer pa dhe save. Faleminderit!
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Ethan
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can it be used for to varting values
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Rakesh
Rakesh
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How i can use them in VBA?
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kelly.extendoffice@gmail.com
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Hi Rakesh,
All of methods introduced in the article are very easy. Is the VBA necessary?
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sunny singh
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How do i divide the one entire coloumn filled with number by 1000 or any number witout creating nother coloumn?
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Tech Support     sunny singh
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Hi Sunny,

Kutools for Excel’s Operation feature can help solve this problem.

(1) Select the column you need to divided by a certain number;

(2) Click Kutools > More > Operation;
(3) In the Operation Tools dialog, specify Division, type in the divisor, and click OK.
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Mansi
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Hi, How can I do sum of two different column with formula? Like I want to sum of A1 and D1 and getting answer on F1 then which formula apply?
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Santy Tanwar
Santy Tanwar     Mansi
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you can use this formula,F1=A1+D1
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