By David Ringstrom, CPA
If you find yourself making repetitive entries into an Excel spreadsheet, press Alt-Down to view a drop-down list of previous entries in the current column.
Arrow down the list and press Enter to make a selection.
Keep in mind that this technique works with text only, not numbers, and your cursor must be in or adjacent to a contiguous block of non-blank cells.
A previous version of this article first appeared on www.accountingweb.com .
About the author:
David H. Ringstrom, CPA heads up Accounting Advisors, Inc., an Atlanta-based software and database consulting firm providing training and consulting services nationwide. Contact David at david@acctadv.com or follow him on Twitter. David speaks at conferences about Microsoft Excel, and presents webcasts for several CPE providers, including AccountingWEB partner CPE Link
