in A1 enter this

=IF(B1="","",1)

in A2 enter this

=IF(B2="","",A1+1)

Drag A2 down as far as you want.

Does that help?


"Irene" wrote in message
...
I am entering names of clients as we enrolled them in our program. Is it
possible to have a formula in a column next to the column where I enter
the
names, so it will automatically show the number. I would like to be able
to
see how many clients we have enrolled. Besides I will use the total
number
to another worksheet as a summary.

Example is if I use column B from row 1 down for entering clients' name, I
would like to use column A to number the client as I enter it. Instead of
me
numbering column A manually, I would like column A (from row 1 down) to
have
formula that number will automatically show as I enter names in column B.

Please help if this is possible.