making changes to whole column

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Hello
I exported a spreadsheet from another program. One of the columns lists
names i.e. Mr and Mrs Smith.
there are around 250. Half of them are in Uppercase which means if I do a
mail merge I have to change them which will take a long time.
I know to change a cell to Title case, the formula is =proper(A2)
A being the column and 2 being the row
that works by inserting a new column and entering that formula in a cell. in
row 2

But when I drag the little cross down to apply to the whole column, all I
get is a column of Mr and Mrs Smith all the way down.

Is there a way of applying this formula to the whole column in one go? or
another method of changing the case of text in a whole column?
Thanks
Jen
 
V

vb

I was trying this at work. I've just tried at home and it worked when I
dragged the box down.
So it's something to do with settings. Anyone know?
Jen
 
V

vb

For anyone who would like to know, in Tools, Options, Calculations, the
Automatic box needs to be checked.

It's very odd that with all the experts here , noone seemed to know the
answer.
Or maybe it was too trivial for anyone's time.
 

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