Fortune,
You need to be more specific. Are topics and numbers in the same
column? Are topics in col A and numbers in col B? How do you tell if
something is a topic? Do you want numbers only next to topics? (the
last one is probably a yes, so much I can tell from your message).

Regards,
Kostis Vezerides

Fortune wrote:
Hi,

I am trying to resort to automatic numbering each time I start a new
header.

For example,

Topic 1 in row A1 which will be 1.


Topic 2 in = row A10 which will be 2.

and so on

say upto topic 100 which will be = formula row(A100)


This would be simple enough if I used the formula Row(A1), Row(A2)etc.
However each time a topic is inserted in between the numbers it does
not automatically change and the sequence of numbering will have to be
changed manually which becomes very difficult.

For example if I try to insert row 15 , then the existing 15 will have
to be changed manually to 16 and 16 will have to be changed 17 etc all
the way down and it is a very cumbersome process.

Is there a formula where we can automatically number.

I have been told to use the formula =Header1 and Header2 but it does
not seem to work.

Is there a formula which will take care of automatic numbering.

Thanks