How to use Excel’s Flash Fill feature, including a keyboard shortcut for both Windows and Excel for Mac.

When you run into this type of problem, use Excel’s Flash Fill tool to restructure the data. In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to use Flash Fill in an unusual situation.

Microsoft Excel's Formula by Example helps automate repetitive tasks in structured tables in Excel for the Web. The tool is similar to Flash Fill, though it generates dynamic formulas that update with ...

Do you have any other tips to share? A. Flash Fill is one of my favorite features in Excel because it can do a lot of routine tasks. If Excel can sense a pattern in what you are doing, it will try to ...

Have you ever stared at a massive spreadsheet, overwhelmed by the chaos of mixed data—names, IDs, codes—all crammed into single cells? It’s a common frustration for anyone managing large datasets in ...

Learn how to apply AutoFill to Data Series in Microsoft Excel. AutoFill fills cells with data that follows a sequence or is based on data in other cells.

To use Flash Fill, simply type a few examples of the desired output in a column adjacent to your original data, and then press Ctrl + E. Excel will detect the pattern and complete the series for you.

Microsoft Excel offers several tools you can use when you need to fill a column with the same text or numbers. Instead of completing each cell manually, you can quickly fill in the entire column using ...