Gandalf's notebook: Use CTRL+Enter to Enter Same Data in to Multiple Cells [Quick Tip]

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Use CTRL+Enter to Enter Same Data in to Multiple Cells [Quick Tip]:

Here is a quick Excel tip to kick start your week.

Howto Enter Same data in to Multiple Cells - use CTRL+Enter Sometimes, we want to enter same data in to several cells. You can use CTRL+Enter to do this in a snap.

Select all the cells where you want to enter the same data.

Type the data

Press CTRL+Enter

Done!

See the animation aside to understand how this works.

Using CTRL+Enter to fill blanks with same value

We can use this technique to fill all the blank cells too.

Select all the cells, Press F5

Select “Special”

Select “Blanks” to select all blank cells

Now type whatever you want

Press CTRL+Enter

Done!

See this demo to understand this technique.

Adding Same Data to all Blank Cells in a Table

That is all for now. I have a lot of work to do since we are re-opening VBA classes this Wednesday (11th Jan). See ya.

Do you use CTRL+Enter? Share your tips & uses?

I use CTRL+Enter often when I need to fill in the same value in multiple places. What about you? Do you use this? How do you use it? Please share using comments.