Cut and Paste in Baby Record template, Daily Log table

Question

Apologies if the answer is obvious, but I just had a baby and my brain is working on very little sleep, and I don't have time to read through the user guide to find the answer, if in fact it's in there.  I've been using the Daily Log table in the Baby Record template, but I can't seem to figure out how to add new categories/lines without literally having to recreate every single category level manually.  That seems incredibly time consuming and inefficient.  Isn't there a way to copy one date (with all three subcategories of Food, Diaper and Sleep) and paste to create the rows for the next date?  For instance, I just manually created an entry for 1/19/2012, and then manually added the three subcategories and had to retype in the names "Food," "Diaper," and "Sleep," and then had to manually add lines for each entry under those subcategories.  Instead, I want to copy the entier hierarchy for 1/19/2012 and then paste it and change the date to 1/20/2012, and so on, so I only have to create the hierarchy once and then can just enter in my data.
Thanks in advance for any help you can provide. 

Answer 1

Not a very intuitive template, to my thinking.
Let's try to unravel the 'magic.'
Categories on this template are created automatically from the entries in column B (which is hidden).
Category rows are created automatically when you check the "Insert Categories form the following" checkbox in the Reorganize dialogue. When the box isn't checked, these Category rows don't exist.
Start by unchecking the box and unhiding column B when your interest is in adding data
To create a new category, you need only make an entry in column B that is different from the entries already there.
For data entry, I'd forget about immediately creating a full set of categories for each new date. Instead, try this:
On 7 July, 2009 at 7:15 AM the baby has a bottle of formula. To record that entry:
Select the row where the most similar event took place on the previous day (6 July, 2009, 76:10 AM Food Formula), row 12 in the illustration below.
Press option-down arrow to insert a new, empty row below the row containing that event. The selection will move down to the first cell in the new row.
Reslect the previous row, then drag the Fill control handle (the small circle at the bottom right corner of the blue selection rectangle) down to fill the contents of row 12 into row 13.
Note that the Date in column A increments by 1, and now shows 7 July, 2009, the date of the event to be recorded.
Time has also incremented by one hour, and will need to be edited.
The other two values, "Food" and "Formula" are the same as there were in the previous row.
Edit the time in column C, and the entry is done.
Make other entries in a similar manner.
When done, click the reorganize button and sort the table by Date (column A). You may want to add two sub-sorts, by Activity (column B), then by Time. Each subsort is done within the previous category. Note that Time entries actually create Date and Time values in the cell, with the Date part equal to the date the entry was made.. If all entries for a specific date are not made during a single day sorting on time will give unexpected results,
Regards,
Barry