Fill downward keyboard shortcut in 2 apps
Fill downward has a documented keyboard shortcut in 2 apps here, among them Google Sheets, Microsoft Excel. The most common keys are Ctrl + D on Windows and Cmd + D on a Mac.
Keys on this page were last checked against their sources on September 11, 2026.
| App | Windows | Mac | What it does |
|---|---|---|---|
| Google Sheets | Windows Ctrl + D | Mac Cmd + D | Copy the top cell downward |
| Microsoft Excel | Windows Ctrl + D | Mac Not documented | Copy the top cell downward |
What most apps settled on for Fill downward
On Windows, Ctrl + D is the combination in 2 of the 2 apps here that document one. All 2 apps here that document a Windows key use Ctrl + D, which makes this one of the safer habits to carry between apps.
Where the table is deliberately empty
1 app here publishes no Mac key for Fill downward, so that cell is left blank. A blank there is a gap in that maker documentation for Fill downward, not an oversight here, and it is never filled by converting the other system.
If the keys for Fill downward do nothing
The 2 apps listed here each decide this for themselves, so the first thing to check is that you are reading the row for the app you are actually in, and the column for your system. After that, check the app version, since fill downward is the kind of command makers move between releases. Report a correction
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