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+<helpdocument version="1.0">
+<meta>
+<topic id="textscalcguidecalc_seriesxml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH">
+<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Automatically Calculating Series</title>
+<filename>/text/scalc/guide/calc_series.xhp</filename>
+</topic>
+<history>
+<created date="2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.</created>
+<lastedited date="2004-08-10T11:42:44">FPE: Deleted screen shot, heavily reedited; dedr: reviewed</lastedited>
+</history>
+</meta>
+<body>
+<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3150769"><bookmark_value>series; calculating</bookmark_value>
+<bookmark_value>calculating; series</bookmark_value>
+<bookmark_value>linear series</bookmark_value>
+<bookmark_value>growth series</bookmark_value>
+<bookmark_value>powers of 2;calculating a list</bookmark_value>
+<bookmark_value>cells; filling automatically</bookmark_value>
+<bookmark_value>auto filling; cells</bookmark_value>
+<bookmark_value>filling;cells, automatically</bookmark_value>
+</bookmark>
+<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3150769" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="6"><variable id="calc_series"><link href="text/scalc/guide/calc_series.xhp" name="Automatically Calculating Series">Automatically Filling in Data Based on Adjacent Cells</link>
+</variable></paragraph>
+<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN106A8" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">You can automatically fill cells with data with the AutoFill command or the Series command.</paragraph>
+<paragraph role="heading" id="par_idN106D3" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="NEW">Using AutoFill</paragraph>
+<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN106D7" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">AutoFill automatically generates a data series based on a defined pattern.</paragraph>
+<list type="ordered">
+<listitem>
+<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3154319" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="7">On a sheet, click in cell, and type a number.</paragraph>
+</listitem>
+<listitem>
+<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_idN106CB" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Click in another cell and then click back in the cell where you typed the number.</paragraph>
+</listitem>
+<listitem>
+<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3145272" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="16">Drag the fill handle in the bottom right corner of the cell across the cells that you want to fill, and release the mouse button.</paragraph>
+<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3145801" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="17">The cells are filled with ascending numbers.</paragraph>
+</listitem>
+</list>
+<paragraph role="note" id="par_id3154490" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="18">If you select two or more adjacent cells that contain different numbers, and drag, the remaining cells are filled with the arithmetic pattern that is recognized in the numbers. The AutoFill function also recognizes customized lists that are defined under <item type="menuitem">Tools - Options - %PRODUCTNAME Calc - Sort Lists</item>.</paragraph>
+<paragraph role="tip" id="par_idN106EE" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">To quickly create a list of consecutive days, enter "Monday" in a cell, and drag the fill handle.</paragraph>
+<paragraph role="heading" id="par_idN10713" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="NEW">Using a Defined Series</paragraph>
+<list type="ordered">
+<listitem>
+<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3150749" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="9">Select the cell range in the sheet that you want to fill.</paragraph>
+</listitem>
+<listitem>
+<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3154754" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="19">Choose <item type="menuitem">Edit - Fill - Series</item>.</paragraph>
+</listitem>
+<listitem>
+<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_idN10716" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Select the parameters for the series. </paragraph>
+<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_idN10731" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">If you select a <emph>linear</emph> series, the increment that you enter is <emph>added</emph> to each consecutive number in the series to create the next value.</paragraph>
+<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_idN1073C" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">If you select a <emph>growth</emph> series, the increment that you enter is <emph>multiplied</emph> by each consecutive number to create the next value.</paragraph>
+<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_idN10747" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">If you select a <emph>date</emph> series, the increment that you enter is added to the time unit that you specify.</paragraph>
+</listitem>
+</list>
+<section id="relatedtopics">
+<embed href="text/scalc/guide/sorted_list.xhp#sorted_list"/>
+<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3159173" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="20"><link href="text/shared/optionen/01060400.xhp" name="Sort lists">Sort lists</link></paragraph>
+</section>
+</body>
+</helpdocument>