Microsoft Works for Windows Database Instructions

How Do I:
Duplicate Data?

To Duplicate Data - To duplicate information in a cell, you can copy and paste, fill down, or fill right.

To Copy and Paste

  1. Click in the cell you want to copy.
  2. Edit - Copy on the menu OR click the Copy Button OR Ctrl-C on the keyboard. 
  3. Click in the cell where you want to paste.
  4. Edit - Paste on the menu OR use Paste Button OR Ctrl-V on the keyboard.

To Fill Down

  1. Click in the cell you want to copy.
  2. Click, hold, and drag down through the cells in which you want to paste.
  3. Edit - Fill Down on the menu OR 
    Ctrl-D on the keyboard.
  4. In this example, Piedmont would appear in the 4 dark cells.

To Fill Right

  1. Click in the cell you want to copy.
  2. Click, hold, and drag right through the cells in which you want to paste.
  3. Edit - Fill Right on the menu OR Ctrl-R on the keyboard.

 

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Last edited 5/29/01