Hi Antonio,

Try this.


Enter 1 in A1 .

Under Edit select Fill Series in Columns Step value = 1 Stop value
40000 OK

HTH
Regards,
Howard

"Antonio" wrote in message
...
I simply want to continue the series numbers 1,2,3,. (autocount) without
holding down the mouse 'fill handle'. Some databases are so extensive
(40,000+ records) that it would require a complete minute or more to
produce
the series.

Thanks.

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