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How can I dismiss the floating "Auto Fill options" button in Excel 2010?

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Reproduce the issue Go to Excel and type fill in the first 2 rows of a column Select both rows of the column Drag down the anchor of the selection (bottom right) 1 row down Now you will see this: My Question How can I dismiss this button? I've tried Escape and moving to another cell but no go. Only…

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Fix for: How can I dismiss the floating "Auto Fill options" button in Excel 2010?

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This is indeed annoying behaviour. There are two workarounds I could find to get rid of the icon: Click the line between any two row headings (as if you were about to resize the row). Providing you are careful not to drag, it will not resize the row…

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