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Excel is an amazing tool with fascinating capabilities to analyze data (be it using functions, charts or dashboards). The ease with which data can be entered and stored in Excel makes it a compelling choice.

In this blog post, I have listed 10 useful Excel Data Entry tips that will make you more efficient and save a lot of time.

Excel Data Entry form enables you to add records to an existing data set. It gives a pop-up form that can be filled by the user. It is especially convenient when the data set has many columns and would require you to scroll right and left again and again as you key in data points.

Data Form feature is not already available in Excel ribbon. We first need to make it available by adding it to the Quick Access toolbar.

Adding Excel Data Entry Form to Quick Access Toolbar

Using Excel Data Entry Form

In the Pop-up Data form, all the column titles are listed vertically. Fill the data in the adjacent text box for each heading.

Once you have entered the data, press Enter.

If you are in a situation where you have to manually enter data in Excel that also has a decimal part to it, this trick could be mighty useful.

For example, suppose you have to enter marks for students in percentage with up to 2 decimal points.

You can enable a feature where you just type the numbers without bothering about hitting the dot key every time. To enable this:

In the Excel Options Dialogue box, select Advanced.

In Advanced Options, check the option “Automatically Insert a decimal point”.

Specify the number of decimals you want (for example, 2 in this case).

Now, whenever you enter any number, excel automatically places the last 2 digits after the decimal. So 1 becomes .01, 10 becomes 0.1, 100 becomes 1, 2467 becomes 24.67, and so on.

Yes, you can use a combination of Excel functions (such as VALUE, RIGHT, IF, OR) to add ordinals (‘st’ in 1st, ‘nd’ in 2nd, and so on..).

Here is the formula:

=A1&IF(OR(VALUE(RIGHT(A1,2))={11,12,13}),"th",IF(OR(VALUE(RIGHT(A1))={1,2,3}),CHOOSE(RIGHT(A1),"st","nd","rd"),"th"))

This is a nifty Excel Data Entry trick. If you have to copy the above cell, just press Control + D.

It copies the content as well as the formatting. If there is a formula in the above cell, the formula is copied (with adjusted references).

This works for more than one cell as well. So if you want to copy the entire row above, select the current row and press Control + D.

If you select more than one cell/cells, than the cell above selection is copied to all the cells.

See Also: 200+ Excel Keyboard Shortcuts.

Do not remember the current date? Don’t worry; just press Control + ; (semicolon Key), and it will enter the current date in the cell.

Similarly, you can enter the current time by using the shortcut Control + Shift + : (colon key)

Remember, these are absolute values and won’t change if the date or time changes.

If you want to have a dynamic date and time value that changes whenever you open the workbook or when there is a re-calculation, use TODAY and NOW functions.

Also See: How to Automatically Insert Date and Time Stamp in Excel.

When you select multiple cells in Excel, one of the cells with light shade (as compared with the remaining selected cells) is the active cell.

If you enter something in the active cell when the selection is made and press Control + Enter, the value is inserted into all the selected cells.

This holds true for formulas as well. If you enter a formula in the active cell and press Control + Enter, all the cells will get that formula (with adjusted references).

This one can save some time that you might otherwise waste in typing. Suppose you are entering data in a column with activity status (To be Done, Completed).

Instead of typing the status repeatedly, you just need to type it in a couple of cells, and then you can use the keyboard shortcut Alt + Down arrow.

It gives you a list of all the unique entries, and you can quickly select from the list.

If you want to select from pre-specified options, you can create a drop down list.

Also read: Cell References in Excel (Absolute, Relative, and Mixed )

This one saves tons of time. Simply use the keyboard shortcut Control + Page Up/Page Down to navigate through multiple worksheet tabs in a workbook.

If you have to enter long names or keywords again and again in your worksheet, this trick will come in handy.

For example, you may want that whenever you type ABC, Excel should automatically replace it with ABC Technology Corporation Limited.

Something as shown below:

This feature can be enabled using the autocorrect options. Read how to enable it.

Suppose you have a template as shown below, and you have to enter data in all the cells highlighted in red, in the order specified by the arrows.

Here is a quick way to do this:

Select all the cells where you need to enter the data (press control and then select one by one).

Once selected, go to Name Box (which is on the left of the formula bar).

Type any name without spaces.