I am putting together a spreadsheet using Numbers 09. I can apply a formula to an individual cell. I want to add the revenue in C2 + E2 to give me a sum in F2. What I want to do is apply the formula to all of the cells in Column F. I know there is a way to apply a formula for every cell in Column F as i have done this before. I can't remeber how I did it. Any suggestions?
MacBook (13-inch Late 2006), Mac OS X (10.7.5)
Waughaw,
There are two ways to do this:
1. Enter the expression in F2. In your case the expression would be:
=C+E
Copy the F2 Cell. To do this reliably, you can click off F2, then click once on F2 to highlight the cell (not the content of the cell) and Command-C.
Then Click on the Column Tab (the letter F in this case). This Selects the entire column. Command-Click on the Header cell to De-Select just that cell. Finally, Command-V. Your formula will now be inserted in every cell of Column F except the Header Cell.
2. Enter the expression in F2.
Again, the expression will be C+E
Select the cell F2, as above, and then examine the border of the cell.
There will be a small open circle in the lower right corner of the cell. That's called the Fill Handle.
Drag the Fill Handel to the bottom of the column.
That's it.
Jerry
apply formula to entire column
