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Thanks Brian and Tom for your answers. 

I often use calc as a simplified database, where Base would be an overkill, and there I would often 
want several successive cells (vertically, corresponding to several records) to have the same value.
Another problem is that it also works on strings which end in a number, so if I have "string001" 
and use autofill, I get "string002, string003" etc.
I guess sometimes this can be useful and sometimes not. Your tip for holding down control should 
help there, too. 

And I still think it's inconsistent - the 'wrong way round!'
I'll check out edit>fill sometime, it sounds interesting.

Thanks again
/Gary



________________________________
 From: Brian Barker <b.m.barker@btinternet.com>
To: users@global.libreoffice.org 
Sent: Tuesday, 16 September 2014, 13:04
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] autofill in calc
 

At 12:25 16/09/2014 +0100, Gary Collins wrote:
I've been using autofill and noted some things, not so much bugs but 
queries about the way it works and if it could be better.

No answer to your general points, but a few comments:

9) starting with a single cell, say, 2 in B1, and extending using 
autofill, the 2 is incremented to 23,4,5.... etc., i.e. there is an 
assumption that the increment should be 1.
Strictly speaking, it should be 0, since a single value doesn't have 
an incremental value. To obtain a column containing the same figure 
in all cells, it is necessary to enter the same value twice into 
adjoining cells.

Two points here:
o It is generally bad practice to repeat the same value a number of 
times: it can be a recipe for mistakes. If you need the same value in 
multiple rows, it should appear in any necessary formula either as a 
constant or a reference to single cell elsewhere. Having it in a 
separate cell also makes it easier to modify, if that becomes necessary.
o If you really do want to autofill cells without increment, you can 
do so by holding down Ctrl whilst dragging the fill handle.

In addition, you can do cleverer things by first selecting the result 
range and then using Edit | Fill > | Series... .

I trust this helps.

Brian Barker


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