Excel is a powerful spreadsheet tool with a large number of functions that can greatly improve our work efficiency. One of the lesser known shortcuts is Ctrl+E, also known as "Flash Fill" or "Quick Fill". This article will explain in detail this magical function and how to use it in daily work.
What is the Ctrl+E QuickFill feature?
Ctrl+EThe Quick Fill feature is an intelligent predictive feature in Excel. When you enter data in a cell and then press Ctrl+E, Excel automatically tries to understand the pattern of your data and apply the same pattern to other cells.
For example, if you have a column of names such as "John Doe" and you want to split them into two columns "John" and "Doe". You just need to enter the first name "John" in a new cell, and press Ctrl+E, Excel will automatically split all the names into two parts.
How to use Ctrl+E quick fill function?
Now let's learn how to use the Ctrl+E quick fill function. Here are the steps:
1: Open your data in Excel. Select the columns of data you want to populate.
2: Enter the data pattern you want in a new cell. For example, if you have a column of Full Name (such as Peter Pan) in Column A, you can add Last Name and First Name to Column B and Column C respectively to prepare for splitting the data.
3: In B2 and C2, manually input an example for Excel to understand, for example, the First Name in this example is Peter, and the Last Name is Pan. Then go to the B3 space and press Ctrl+E. You'll see Excel automatically apply your data pattern to other cells. By analogy, go to the C3 space and press Ctrl+E, you can get all the information.
Ctrl+Eis a very useful feature that helps us populate and process data quickly. Once you master this shortcut, you will find that it can greatly improve your efficiency in many situations. I hope you can make full use of this magical function in the process of using Excel!