Click on the worksheet, right-click and select View Code,
and paste in the macro below. It triggers off an entry
into B column:

Option Explicit
Private Sub Worksheet_Change(ByVal Target As Range)

Dim RngAbov As Range
Dim MaxVal As Variant

With Target
If .Cells.Count 1 Then Exit Sub
If Intersect(.Cells, Me.Range("B:B")) Is Nothing Then
Exit Sub

Set RngAbov = Me.Range("a1", .Offset(-1, 0))

MaxVal = Application.Max(RngAbov)

Application.EnableEvents = False
.Offset(0, -1).Value = MaxVal + 1
.Offset(1, 0).Select
Application.EnableEvents = True

End With

End Sub
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HTH
Jason
Atlanta, GA

-----Original Message-----
I'm trying to create a spreadsheet that will
automatically input a new item
number when I enter a new item on a list. Easy enough,
but the catch is I
want the item number to remain assoicated with the item
regardless of sorting.

In the classic Excel Help file manner I will explain what
I want.

Current on screen data
A\B\C
1\Oranges\52
2\Apples\34
3\Bananas\97

If I sort by column B:
A\B\C
2\Apples\34
3\Bananas\97
1\Oranges\52

Now I add another item (cherries\63) to the next
available row (B5). I want
my output to look like this: (Note the number 4 is
automated)
A\B\C
2\Apples\34
3\Bananas\97
1\Oranges\52
4\Cherries\63

Any ideas? I've seen lots of consecutive number ideas,
but never one like
this. Please help.
.