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Getting started·Lesson 7 of 62Free

Copying a formula down

Fill a formula down

What you’ll do

You rarely type the same formula ten times. Write it once, then fill it down, and Sheets adjusts it for each row.

Your turn

Step 1 of 4
  1. 1
    K2 works out one order’s revenue: units times price. Click it and look at the formula bar.
  2. 2
    Select K2 down to K11: hold Shift and click K11, or press Shift+↓ nine times.
  3. 3
    Press Ctrl+D Mac ⌘+D to fill the formula down.
  4. 4
    Click K5. Its formula reads =E5*F5: the row numbers moved with it. That’s called a relative reference.
A1
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1OrderRepRegionProductUnitsPriceOrder dateShip dateRevenue
21001AnaWestDesk32401/5/20261/9/2026=E2*F2
31002BoEastChair8851/12/20261/20/2026
41003CyWestLamp12301/19/20261/22/2026
51004DiNorthDesk22402/2/20262/13/2026
61005AnaWestChair5852/9/20262/12/2026
71006EveSouthShelf41202/16/20262/27/2026
81007BoEastLamp20303/2/20263/4/2026
91008CyWestShelf11203/9/20263/18/2026
101009DiNorthChair6853/16/20263/19/2026
111010EveSouthDesk72403/23/20264/1/2026
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