Excel for Windows (Desktop Application)
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Setting Autofill Default
Setting Autofill Default
No option to set AutoFill default to the option you want.
Even for numbers or dates you should be able to use "Copy Cells" in stead of "Fill series"122 votesThis is a good idea, but we don’t think we’ll be able to support this in the near future. As a workaround, you can use the autocorrect widget in the bottom right of the fill range to set the option you want.
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Make Undo stacks track per workbook instead of globally
Undo stacks are currently global between all workbooks that are open at a given time, so pressing undo on one workbook might undo a change in a different workbook. As someone who frequently has multiple workbooks open at a time, it would be much more helpful to be able to step through the edits made on each individual workbook.
1,086 votesThanks to everyone for the votes and discussion about having undo independently in each workbook. Even though this request has been here for a long time, we are listening and we realize that it can be frustrating if you press Undo while you’re in one workbook and it undoes something in another workbook. We’ve been considering the technical challenges to make Undo work “per workbook”, and want to share some details about it with you.
The undo process relies on the state of all open workbooks being exactly the same after an “undo” as they were before the undone action was taken. One example of how undo “per workbook” is problematic is with linked workbooks. Let’s say you have WorkbookA, with a formula that refers to WorkbookB, such as =SUMIFS. This formula will give the sum of values in WorkbookB in range A1:A10 that have “Yes” in the…
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Fill Handle For Worksheet Copy
If I have a worksheet called January and I Ctrl+Drag that sheet to make a copy, Excel should automatically call it February. Use the same logic as the Fill Handle (support months, weekdays, and any custom list).
109 votesThank you for taking your time to suggest and vote for the “fill handle for worksheet copy”. While this is a good suggestion, we are not likely to be able to devote time to it in the near future. We’ll continue tracking the votes for this, though.
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