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Have the Fill Handle Fill Your List of Part Numbers

September 24, 2021 - by Bill Jelen

Have the Fill Handle Fill Your List of Part Numbers

Problem: Sure, the fill handle is good for filling months, days, and sequential numbers. But what about other lists I have to type lists of product lines, company regions, sales rep names, and so on.

Strategy: No matter what job you do, you probably have some annoying list of items that you have to type over and over. If your list contains from two to 96 items, you can add your list of items to the Custom Lists dialog. You can then fill items from the defined custom lists by using the fill handle.

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