How to Use a Fill Handle for Numbers in Excel 2003

1. Open Excel 2003 and click in cell A1. Type '1' in cell A1 and '2' in cell A2. Highlight these two cells.
2. Notice the fill handle in the lower right hand corner of these highlighted cells. Point to the fill handle. Your mouse will become a thin black ' .' This is your indicator that the fill handle can be dragged to fill in the sequence.
3. Drag the fill handle down a few cells. Notice the rest of the sequence is automatically populated in the cells.