Mon Wed Mon Wed Mon Wed Copy

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Jim Fisher

I have days that repeat Mon Wed Mon Wed, etc... on a schedule. Next to those
days are dates like 8/25/08 and 8/27/08.

It would be NICE if I could highlight those two dates, than using my mouse
move to the lower right hand corner of that highlighted box, so that the "+"
plus sign appears. Than drag that box down so I get new dates like 9/01/08
and 9/03/08 etc for a few months.

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Try this:

Enter the first date in a cell, say, A1. The first date must be either a
Monday or Wednesday date.

A1 = 8/11/2008 (Monday)

Enter this formula in A2 and copy down as needed:

=A1+IF(WEEKDAY(A1)=2,2,5)
 
It didn't work...

Care to expand on that?

I can assure you it does work if you followed my suggestion.
 
Hi Biff,

Here is what I did---2 different methods and results:

Method 1: In A1 I put

8/11/2008 (Monday)

in B1 I put

=A1+IF(WEEKDAY(A1)=2,2,5)

my results are (being copied a few cells down)

#Value!
#Value!
#Value!
#Value!
#Value!

Method 2: In A1 I put

8/11/2008

in B1 I put

=A1+IF(WEEKDAY(A1)=2,2,5)

my results are (being copied a few cells down)

39673
39678
39680
39685
39687
39692
39694
39699
39701
39706

I was hoping instead to have Dates that appeared as Mon Wed Mon Wed....

or

8/11/2008
8/13/2008
8/25/2008
8/27/2008
9/1/2008
9/3/2008
etc....

-Jim
 
Most of the time Excel will automatically format cells that have date
formulas.

Glad you got it straightened out!
 

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