Quickly Create a Series of Dates in Excel

In this lesson, I demonstrate two approaches to creating a series of dates in Excel:

  1. Use Excel’s AutoFill Options to drag your mouse to fill in the series. Be sure to use the “AutoFill Options” button when you release your mouse.
  2. Use an Excel Formula to increment the series of dates (by day, week, month, year, or even weekday.) This approach gives you the most flexibility if you will use a different starting date on copies of your worksheet.

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Explore AutoFill Options

Here are the steps to follow for today’s lesson:

1) Click the drop-down arrow for AutoFill options.

2) Experiment with the different options e.g. Fill Weekdays only; Fill Formatting only, etc.

3) To increment numbers: establish the increment by typing the values in 2 cells; select both of the cells and then AutoFill

4) If you have a Formula that is adjacent to a series of numbers or text, then Double-Click the AutoFill Handle and Excel will fill the formula into all cells.

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