You can save time by creating an AutoFill series in Excel 2003 as follows: Enter the values and then select the list. Choose Options from the Tools menu. Click the Custom Lists tab. Click Import.

My copy of Excel (XP) occassionally won't display the "short cut menu" when you drag a series to "autofill" it. (I.E. the date)Since it doesn't appear (sometimes), I can't choose to fill in only ...

I thought the AutoComplete for a single cell looked at that row and column. Like, if I'm typing in A4, I've seen it look at the other cells in column A and row 4, but not suggest content from C17.