[mso] Re: excel question
- From: "Beth Lee" <callibeth@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 15 May 2006 07:58:30 -0400
Actually, I just now realized that there is a substantive difference
between Ctrl+D and the handle -- but only in the case of values, not
formulas.
If I want to place the number 6 in a stack of 10 cells, I can put the
number in the top cell, click and drag down to the bottom cell, and press
Ctrl+D. All the cells will have the same number in them. (Good for marking
the month cleared in my checking spreadsheet, for instance.) But if
instead I grab the handle and drag it down those 9 remaining cells, I'll
get a series 6,7,8,etc.
For formulas, though, Ctrl+D and handle-dragging produce identical
results: the formula is copied but the references are adjusted each row.
I'm always surprised at how divided people are philosophically on the
mouse/keyboard. I think it's partially an abstract vs. concrete issue. To
use one of those SAT analogies we love to hate: The mouse is to the
Etch-a-Sketch as the keyboard is to the typewriter. We move the mouse
around on a mousepad which bears a virtual relationship to the cursor
moving on the screen. But with the keyboard, when we want an A, we look at
the keyboard and hit the discrete button marked A. Hmm, that analogy may
be about as good as most SAT analogies.
Regards,
Beth Lee
Tallahasee, Florida
www.callibeth.com
-----Original Message-----
From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Linda F. Johnson
Sent: Saturday, May 13, 2006 4:43 PM
To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [mso] Re: excel question
But, in this case, Tommy, she's already using the mouse to drag to select
before she hits Ctrl+D. So, if she uses the fill handle to drag, she
won't
need the extra step of hitting Ctrl+D and she won't be using the mouse
anymore than she does with her method....so this one is actually more
efficient WITHOUT the keyboard shortcut added.
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