You already know that when you select a cell with a date and drag the Auto Fill handle, Excel creates a series of sequential dates by adding one day each time. Did you know that you can control how many days are added?

A list of all the Mondays until December

  1. Type two dates in two cells and select them. In this exemple, both dates are 7 days apart. Select two dates in Excel - Use Auto Fill with Dates
  2. Drag the Auto Fill handle. Excel creates a series of dates 7 days apart, as it identified the first dates to be.
    Drag the Auto Fill handle for the dates you selected - Use Auto Fill with Dates
  3. When you release the Auto Fill handle, the series of dates has been created.
     Release the Auto Fill handle. Excel has created a list of dates all seven days apart - Use Auto Fill with Dates 

Video: Use Auto Fill with Dates (41 seconds)