How To Use AutoFill on a Google Docs Spreadsheet [Quick Tips]
- by The Geek
Have you ever wanted to fill an entire row or column with a series of values? If you’re an Excel user, you can do the same thing in Google Docs. If you haven’t used either, here’s the quick way to do it.
Just type in a couple of numbers in sequence… 1 2 3 works pretty well. You could also put them across a row instead of down a column.
Then move your mouse over the dot in the corner until the pointer changes, then just drag it downward (or if you are filling a row instead, you can drag it to the right).
Let go of the mouse, and your data will be automatically filled in.
You could also make it skip by 1 instead, like 2 4 6 8, etc…
It all works the same way. Sadly there’s no really advanced options like Excel has, but for most uses, this is good enough. Also, we’re aware this is a very simple tip for most of you, but we’re trying to help the beginners out as well!
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