https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=161621

Stéphane Guillou (stragu) <[email protected]> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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         Resolution|---                         |NOTABUG
                 OS|Windows (All)               |All
           See Also|                            |https://bugs.documentfounda
                   |                            |tion.org/show_bug.cgi?id=65
                   |                            |198
             Status|UNCONFIRMED                 |RESOLVED

--- Comment #3 from Stéphane Guillou (stragu) 
<[email protected]> ---
Thank you both.

(In reply to ady from comment #2)
> IOW, adding [CTRL] repeats the values, as expected.
Yes, using Ctrl stops the autofill from auto-incrementing, see corresponding
help page[1]. The default behaviour (without Ctrl) is to increment, which is
why each number gets +1 every time you reach an extra 14 rows.

> Additionally, there might also be some possible (independent) enhancement
> regarding the alphabet/string/text case. With [CTRL], the text repeats;
> without [CTRL], maybe the alphabet could continue-on, as if it was a known
> list. This would also be a new enhancement request.
Yes, that's the reason there is an apparent discrepancy between the autofill of
numbers and letters. Because there is no built-in alphabet sequence to use,
autofill will only repeat letters and will never increment, regardless of Ctrl
or not. A workaround is to add you own alphabet Sort List (see Tools > Options
> LibreOffice Calc > Sort Lists).

An enhancement request exists: bug 65198.

So, in essence, this is "not a bug". If you don't want an increment in numeric
values (or anything that matches a sort list), use Ctrl.
If you think autofill could be improved, see what existing requests there are
and open a new ticket if needed:
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/showdependencytree.cgi?id=113499&hide_resolved=1
For example, you might find bug 130570 interesting (request to allow some
configuration to this feature).

[1]: https://help.libreoffice.org/latest/lo/text/scalc/guide/calc_series.html

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