The question is are these inventory numbers, permanent asset numbers
in which case you would not want to use a formula and you would not want
to insert or delete rows once you start affixing labels.

You can place a 1 where you want the numbers to start, perhaps a 2 under it and extend
the sequence with the fill handle.

If the numbers are to be fluid and you want to insert and delete rows then you can
use =ROW() - k where k is a constant to adjust the number such as 1 so that
if on row 2 you would see the number 1. This would be just an item count not likely
to be used as an asset or inventory number.


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"Gary''s Student" wrote in message
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In a cell enter =ROW() and copy down.
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"Pastime" wrote:

I am trying to make an inventory list where I have consecutive numbers. I
don't want to type each number individually. Is there a special function
that will do that automatically?

Thanks for your help.