Skip weekends while autofilling dates in excel

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skip-weekends-while-filling-dates-ms-excel-autofillOften you may want to fill a column only with weekday dates instead of all dates. Here is a simple trick you can use instead of writing nifty if formulas or manually entering the weekday dates.

When you auto fill dates by dragging mouse (or using menu > edit > fill > series > selecting “type: date”), just use weekdays only option as shown below.

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Now you dont have to create project plans with weekends in it 🙂

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