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Is there a way to quickly update a column formula?

Time:12-04

In Google Sheets, you can double click the corner handle of a cell to copy-down a formula in blank cells underneath it as far down as there are non-blank cells in the adjacent left column.

So let's say I've done that, but now I need to change the formula. Now if I try to double-click again, it doesn't work because the cells below aren't empty. I have to grab the handle and manually drag it to the bottom of the column. Sometimes I have thousands of rows and it gets pretty annoying.

I'm fairly certain Excel doesn't have this problem, it will update existing formulas when you double click.

Am I missing a setting somewhere? Is there a hotkey for this, or an add-on, a script, a clever trick I could use?

CodePudding user response:

  1. Copy the formula
  2. Select everything below your cell (Shift Page Down or Shift fn Down Arrow on mac)
  3. Paste

CodePudding user response:

You must have used ARRAYFORMULA for your formula to fill the area you need. And then you can change the formula without further action.

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