1*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> 2*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<helpdocument version="1.0"> 3*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 4*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<!--*********************************************************** 5*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * 6*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one 7*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file 8*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * distributed with this work for additional information 9*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file 10*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the 11*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance 12*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * with the License. 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See the License for the 20*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * specific language governing permissions and limitations 21*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * under the License. 22*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * 23*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski ***********************************************************--> 24*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 25*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 26*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 27*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 28*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<meta> 29*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <topic id="textscalcguidecalc_seriesxml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH"> 30*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <title xml-lang="en-US" id="tit">Automatically Calculating Series</title> 31*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <filename>/text/scalc/guide/calc_series.xhp</filename> 32*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </topic> 33*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </meta> 34*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <body> 35*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3150769"><bookmark_value>series; calculating</bookmark_value> 36*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <bookmark_value>calculating; series</bookmark_value> 37*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <bookmark_value>linear series</bookmark_value> 38*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <bookmark_value>growth series</bookmark_value> 39*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <bookmark_value>date series</bookmark_value> 40*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <bookmark_value>powers of 2 calculations</bookmark_value> 41*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <bookmark_value>cells; filling automatically</bookmark_value> 42*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <bookmark_value>automatic cell filling</bookmark_value> 43*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <bookmark_value>AutoFill function</bookmark_value> 44*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <bookmark_value>filling;cells, automatically</bookmark_value> 45*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</bookmark><comment>mw made "powers of 2;..." a one level entry and changed "AutoFill" entry</comment><comment>MW changed "auto filling cells"</comment> 46*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3150769" role="heading" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="6"><variable id="calc_series"><link href="text/scalc/guide/calc_series.xhp" name="Automatically Calculating Series">Automatically Filling in Data Based on Adjacent Cells</link> 47*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</variable></paragraph> 48*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN106A8" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">You can automatically fill cells with data with the AutoFill command or the Series command.</paragraph> 49*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN106D3" role="heading" level="2" l10n="NEW">Using AutoFill</paragraph> 50*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN106D7" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">AutoFill automatically generates a data series based on a defined pattern.</paragraph> 51*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <list type="ordered"> 52*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <listitem> 53*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154319" role="listitem" l10n="CHG" oldref="7">On a sheet, click in a cell, and type a number.</paragraph> 54*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </listitem> 55*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <listitem> 56*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN106CB" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">Click in another cell and then click back in the cell where you typed the number.</paragraph> 57*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </listitem> 58*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <listitem> 59*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3145272" role="listitem" l10n="CHG" oldref="16">Drag the fill handle in the bottom right corner of the cell across the cells that you want to fill, and release the mouse button.</paragraph> 60*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3145801" role="listitem" l10n="CHG" oldref="17">The cells are filled with ascending numbers.</paragraph> 61*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </listitem> 62*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </list> 63*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN106EE" role="tip" l10n="NEW">To quickly create a list of consecutive days, enter <item type="literal">Monday</item> in a cell, and drag the fill handle.</paragraph> 64*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id9720145" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">Hold down <switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC">Command 65*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</caseinline><defaultinline>Ctrl </defaultinline></switchinline>if you do not want to fill the cells with different values.</paragraph> 66*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154490" role="note" l10n="CHG" oldref="18">If you select two or more adjacent cells that contain different numbers, and drag, the remaining cells are filled with the arithmetic pattern that is recognized in the numbers. The AutoFill function also recognizes customized lists that are defined under <item type="menuitem"><switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC">%PRODUCTNAME - Preferences</caseinline><defaultinline>Tools - Options</defaultinline></switchinline> - %PRODUCTNAME Calc - Sort Lists</item>.</paragraph> 67*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN10737" role="tip" l10n="NEW">You can double-click the fill handle to automatically fill all empty columns of the current data block. For example, first enter Jan into A1 and drag the fill handle down to A12 to get the twelve months in the first column. Now enter some values into B1 and C1. Select those two cells, and double-click the fill handle. This fills automatically the data block B1:C12.</paragraph> 68*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN10713" role="heading" level="2" l10n="NEW">Using a Defined Series</paragraph> 69*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <list type="ordered"> 70*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <listitem> 71*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150749" role="listitem" l10n="CHG" oldref="9">Select the cell range in the sheet that you want to fill.</paragraph> 72*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </listitem> 73*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <listitem> 74*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154754" role="listitem" l10n="CHG" oldref="19">Choose <item type="menuitem">Edit - Fill - Series</item>.</paragraph> 75*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </listitem> 76*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <listitem> 77*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN10716" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">Select the parameters for the series. </paragraph> 78*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN10731" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">If you select a <emph>linear</emph> series, the increment that you enter is <emph>added</emph> to each consecutive number in the series to create the next value.</paragraph> 79*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN1073C" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">If you select a <emph>growth</emph> series, the increment that you enter is <emph>multiplied</emph> by each consecutive number to create the next value.</paragraph> 80*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN10747" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">If you select a <emph>date</emph> series, the increment that you enter is added to the time unit that you specify.</paragraph> 81*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </listitem> 82*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </list> 83*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <section id="relatedtopics"> 84*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <embed href="text/scalc/guide/sorted_list.xhp#sorted_list"/> 85*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3159173" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="20"><link href="text/shared/optionen/01060400.xhp" name="Sort lists">Sort lists</link></paragraph> 86*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </section> 87*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </body> 88*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</helpdocument>