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    Fill handle issue with the average function

    Hey, I'm not that experienced in Excel functions so I needed some help I wanted a function something like this: in every cell Bn, I want an average of all cells from A1 to An. For instance, B3 would have AVERAGE(A1,A2,A3). But the problem I'm running into is I'm unable to use the fill handle to fill this in. If I fill in AVERAGE(A1:A4) in B4 and use the fill handle, B5 gets AVERAGE(A2:A5).
    Any advice would be great.

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    Re: Fill handle issue with the average function

    Try

    AVERAGE(A$1:A4)

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    Re: Fill handle issue with the average function

    Put this formula in cell B4:
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    Then when you pull that down to B5 it will average A1:A5 for you.
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    Re: Fill handle issue with the average function

    Precisely what I was looking for. Thanks a lot!

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    Re: Fill handle issue with the average function

    See if this helps:

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