Jacqui, have a look here and see if this will work for you
http://www.mcgimpsey.com/excel/udfs/sequentialnums.html

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Paul B
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"Jacqui" wrote in message
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When opening a new invoice or page, what is the formula to get the next
number in sequence to appear in a cell? This would be simular to having
todays date appear (=today())