Sequentially number lines automatically

[Steevee]

Version: v.X Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) Processor: Intel How can automatically number the lines as I enter data.

so box A1 would automatically be 1
and the next time I created an entry on another line that line would be 2, etc.

The reason is so that I can sort, delete and the numbers will remain, so I can also go back to the order than things were entered into.

Could do this manually, but a pain.

Or could possibly do this with a date and time?

Thanks Steevee

 

[John_McGhie_[MVP]]

See the Excel help topic "Enter a series of numbers, dates, or other items"

Enter "1" in the first cell and fill down as many rows as you like.

Cheers

Version: v.X Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) Processor: Intel How
can automatically number the lines as I enter data.

so box A1 would automatically be 1
and the next time I created an entry on another line that line would be 2,
etc.

The reason is so that I can sort, delete and the numbers will remain, so I can
also go back to the order than things were entered into.

Could do this manually, but a pain.

Or could possibly do this with a date and time?

Thanks Steevee

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