

Release CONTROL, and the mouse button, and then on the contextual menu, click Growth Trend.Įxcel automatically calculates the growth trend and continues the series in the selected cells. Hold down CONTROL and drag the fill handle in the direction that you want to fill with increasing or decreasing values.įor example, if you selected cells C1:E1 and the starting values in these cells are 3, 5, and 8, drag the fill handle to the right to fill with increasing trend values, or drag it to the left to fill with decreasing values.


To increase the accuracy of the trend series, select more than two starting values. You can find the equations for all Excel. The equations are different for different trendline types, though in every equation Excel uses the least squares method to find the best fit for a line though data points. Select at least two cells that contain the starting values for the trend. Trendline equation is a formula that mathematically describes the line that best fits the data points. The resulting product and each subsequent product is then multiplied by the step value. In a growth trend series, the starting value is multiplied by the step value to get the next value in the series. Tip: To manually control how the series is created, on the Edit menu, point to Fill, and then click Series.Ĭreate an exponential growth trend series
