When you copy a cell that has a formula in it and paste it to a range of multiple cells, it will copy that formula to each cell in the range with an adjusted reference, just like autofill does. Just like with autofill, copying and pasting a formula will automatically adjust the cell references when moving from one column/row to another.
It's good to note that using autofill on formulas is effectively the same as copying and pasting cells with formulas in them from one location to another (by using Ctrl + C to copy, and Ctrl + V to paste).
#Mac keyboard shortcuts for google sheets how to#
To describe the examples in this article I will stick to the traditional way of teaching how to autofill formulas, which is to click and drag the fill handle until the desired cell/range has been reached / copied to.īut in your case you may have hundreds or even thousands of rows, and so below I'll also mention some different shortcuts that you can use to make things faster, especially when you have a large number of columns or rows to be filled / copied to.
If you actually want a formula in every single cell of a column, it can be as simple as copying your formula, selecting the entire column, and then pasting the formula into the entire column (more on this below). In the examples below we will be copying formulas down a range of cells, such as C3:C17, which we will refer to as a "column"… since when it comes to real world spreadsheet applications, where we usually have headers in our sheet, if we are talking about applying formulas to a "column", we are often referring to a range of cells within that column. If you are searching for a way to apply a formula to an entire column, you might have been searching for a single formula that can handle that task without having to copy multiple formulas, and this can be done by using the ARRAYFORMULA function.īut in this article we will stick to using autofill / fill down to copy formulas.
#Mac keyboard shortcuts for google sheets series#
"Automatically Create a Series of Values" Autofill vs. If you want to learn how to use autofill / fill down to create a series of values, then check out the article linked below. However autofill can also be used to create a series / sequence of values, such as quickly creating a list of numbers of sequence of dates. There are a variety of ways to use autofill in Google Sheets, but in this article we will specifically be using autofill to copy formulas.
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