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Alphabets auto-fill

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Excel Tip #015 Alphabets auto-fill You would have done auto-fill for numbers in Excel but auto-fill for alphabets is not possible. This is because Excel is a number crunching tool.  But first how do you auto-fill numbers in Excel. Type 1 in A1, 2 in A2 and 3 in A3 Then click the fill handle (which is the thick block at the right bottom corner) Drag the fill handle to the number of rows you want the data to populate Auto-fill Numbers To do the same, there is a hidden Excel shortcut . To do this, you don't need to enter 3 numbers, just 1 in A1 would do. Type 1 in A1 Select cells from A1 to A10 to populate numbers from 1 to 10 Type ALT + E + I + S A pop-up window will open, check the Trend box Click OK Auto-Fill Numbers Hidden Excel Shortcut But this is not possible in the case of Alphabets. But we have an option which can enable this feature. Click File menu Go to Options tab Click on Advanced options Scroll to the bottom in ...