How to select preceeding cell in a formula?

[Dennis]

I need to replicate a formula down a column, where each cell is the value of
the preceeding cell (directly above it) + 1. I have no idea how to do this,
being new to Excel. Any ideas would be really helpful.

Thanks!

[Jon Quixley]

Dennis,

I hope that this is no more difficult than it seems:

If you have the number 50 in cell B3 and write the formula that follows in cell B4: =b3+1, the result should be 51. If you then copy this formula into cell b5, the answer should be 52 and so on.

Is this what you're after?

Jon