Blank cells can spell trouble. Here's an easy way to fill in those blanks and protect the validity of your data.

How to Fill Blank Cells Dynamically To dynamically fill blank cells with the value from the cell above, you can use a formula that propagates the last non-blank value downward.

I have to manually add this information in order to complete the analyses required. Is there a better way to fill these blank cells? A. I have created an example spreadsheet to mimic the issue ...

In the cell just below 1, enter the value 2. Select the values 1 and 2 (cells F2:F3 above) and double-click the fill handle. Excel will auto-fill the cells in column F.

Q: I have a problem with Excel’s fill handle: All I want to do is drag the fill handle so that it fills every other row with a value (1, 2, 3, 4, etc.)—leaving one blank cell in between each ...