Got a spreadsheet that's consecutively numbered.
Need it to keep consecutively numbering as I add and/or delete rows

Example:

1 Blah-blah-blah
2 Blah-blah-blah
3 Blah-blah-blah
4 Blah-blah-blah
5 Blah-blah-blah

If I delete row 3, I need the numbering to continue consecutively -- as it
stands now, if I delete row 3, it will renumber "1, 2, 4, 5..."

Same thing if I add a row -- I need consecutive numbering to appear in the
new blank row (this sounds stupid/impossible even to me and I'm SO NOT an
Excel head)

Help!

Maybe you can use a formula:

=row()
or
=row()-1
if your numbering starts in row 2.

Then just copy the formula down when you insert any new rows.

CMack wrote:

Got a spreadsheet that's consecutively numbered.
Need it to keep consecutively numbering as I add and/or delete rows

Example:

1 Blah-blah-blah
2 Blah-blah-blah
3 Blah-blah-blah
4 Blah-blah-blah
5 Blah-blah-blah

If I delete row 3, I need the numbering to continue consecutively -- as it
stands now, if I delete row 3, it will renumber "1, 2, 4, 5..."

Same thing if I add a row -- I need consecutive numbering to appear in the
new blank row (this sounds stupid/impossible even to me and I'm SO NOT an
Excel head)

Help!

--

Dave Peterson

Thanks so much for your speedy response, Dave!

Dave Peterson wrote:
Maybe you can use a formula:

=row()
or
=row()-1
if your numbering starts in row 2.

Then just copy the formula down when you insert any new rows.

Got a spreadsheet that's consecutively numbered.
Need it to keep consecutively numbering as I add and/or delete rows
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Help!