Access 2007 apparently no longer has the autofill feature with datasheets. This was an option that I used frequently and not having slows down greatly my particular tasks.
Is there some way of activating it?

Don't know if this will help, as I couldn't find it explicitly for autofilling but see if this might at least make it easier:

Insert the value from the same field in the previous record
CTRL+APOSTROPHE (')

Don't know if this will help, as I couldn't find it explicitly for autofilling but see if this might at least make it easier:

Insert the value from the same field in the previous record
CTRL+APOSTROPHE (')

thanks for replying. It at least makes it a bit less time consuming