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How do you stop the Numbers autofill?

God I hate how simply difficult apple is. HOW DO YOU STOP THE ******* AUTOFILL????????


I am trying to fill in cell text in a numbers sheet. I want to create a cell text for every month however I would like it to read


JAN, FEB, MAR, ETC.


Stupid apple INSIST on autofilling the ENTIRE WORD... January February etc..


I DO NOT WANT THIS. I WOULD LIKE TO FILL IN MY OWN **** TEXT WITHOUT IT CHANGING. SO FRUSTRATING



PLEASE HELP! I know it seems ridiculous but I can't figure it out


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MacBook Pro (2020 and later)

Posted on Jan 15, 2022 12:13 PM

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Posted on Jan 15, 2022 12:37 PM

Format the cells as text before entering your text into the cells. Or type an apostrophe at the beginning, such as 'MAR. The apostrophe will format that cell as text.

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How do you stop the Numbers autofill?

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