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Problems using copy and paste with
formulas
When Excel does not have enough room to display an entire
value in a cell, it uses a string of these # symbols to represent
that value.
For example, the formula in cell J5 is =F5-(H5+I5) and this was
pasted into cell J6 by updating the cell references there to =F6(H6+I6).
Cell G5 has the formula =F5*B5/B7 and cell G6 contains
=F6*B6/B8. This is where things went wrong. Sometimes this
automatic update is very useful and other times it does not give
you the desired result for your worksheet.
In this case, cells B5 and B7 should be referenced in the formula
in column G in all 240 payment period rows, but in column J,
you want the cell references to be automatically updated. You
can control this result using relative and absolute references.
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When you drag the fill handle, a small Auto Fill Options button
appears to the lower right of the selected cell or range.
Common options are Copy Cells, Fill Series, Fill Formatting Only and Fill
Without Formatting
If you are using the Auto Fill technique for dates, you have
additional options to either Fill Days, Fill Weekdays, Fill
Months or Fill Years.
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Date Functions
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You can also make comparisons with text strings. You must enclose
text strings within quotation marks.
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