Sometime back while working on excel 2010, it seems by mistake I disabled the option to use “cell drag and drop”. This feature allows you to drag the mouse and copy cells. If this option is disabled, your mouse pointer will never change to move pointer on selecting a particular cell.
Ok, here is what I mean. In the illustration shown below, mouse pointer is getting changed to move pointer as soon as I bring it to the edge of a cell.
There is some info available on the net for Excel 2003 and the earlier versions ie by going to Tools > Options > Edit and checking "Allow cell drag and drop", you can enable this option but there is no information regarding the same for Excel 2007 and Excel 2010. So how can you enable this option in 2010?
- Go to File > Options > Advanced > Enable file handle and cell drag-and-drop
- Check this box.
- Click OK and you’re done
I wish there was some “mapping file” available from Microsoft for mapping excel 2003 and earlier versions navigation to excel 2007/2010. It could save us a lot of time.
Ankur Jain, founder of a web start-up, long-time blogger and proud owner of the "Learn" series of websites. 
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Heya
I know that there’s a mapping app, from Microsoft, for telling people used to 2203 how to get to Office features in 2007.
The Excel one lives here: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/excel-help/interactive-excel-2003-to-excel-2007-command-reference-guide-HA010149151.aspx
@aimee – Thanks for the link. Bookmarked.
Thanks a lot. its works
you can enable this option but there is no information regarding the same for Excel 2007
Follow the Below steps
1. Click on Office Button which is at Left top corner of Excel sheet
2. Click on ‘Excel Option’ >> Advanced
3. Check the ‘Enable fill handle and cell drag-and-drop’ checkbox
4. Press OK
Hey Thanx a Lot…..Its Works..
HI
It is more helpful.
Thanks
Manjunath
Really helpful… thanks or posting…
Hey.. Thank you so much…. It is working now…
I was searching it for so many days..
Thanks Again..
Kedar
Hey Thanks Mate ..
this really helped
Sir,
Thanks a lot.
I would request your kind self to provide us the tips of shorthand key commands in excel 2007/2010 against shorthand key commands used in excel 2003, as I am very much used to shorthand key commands in excel 2003. Microsoft company should have maintained same sequence of tools, commands, utilities in excel 2007/2010 (when introducing new features in excel 2007/2010) as time consumed will be lesser and will be helpful for excel 2003 users.
Regards,
P.G. Kerkar
Hope you will take the matter into consideration.
Dear Ankur,
I’m working with Excel 10 and have checked the box ‘Enable fill handle and cell drag and drop’ but still the feature doesn’t work, and it’s so handy if it does. Do you have any idea why it wouldn’t work. Does it matter I work with Windows 7?
regards,
Paula
@paula: I’m not sure, once you check the box, see if closing and then opening Excel helps you. I did this on Win XP.
fantastic, its really help me , i bit worried it looks some thing corropted.. Thanks.. God bless.. once question :: can we use shortcuts in 2007 excel which we were using in 2003 ?