automatic numbering of rows in excel, how to?

Assuming the data will be entered in column B starting in B1 and the data
are numbers. Put this in cell A1 and copy down.

=IF(ISNUMBER(B1),ROW(),"")


If data are text then substatute ISTEXT for ISNUMBER

Don Pistulka

"Linda C." <Linda [email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> How can I set up the first column to automatically number each row as I go
> down a list in excel?
> Office 2000

Assuming the data will be entered in column B starting in B1 and the data
are numbers. Put this in cell A1 and copy down.

=IF(ISNUMBER(B1),ROW(),"")


If data are text then substatute ISTEXT for ISNUMBER

Don Pistulka

"Linda C." <Linda [email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> How can I set up the first column to automatically number each row as I go
> down a list in excel?
> Office 2000

Assuming the data will be entered in column B starting in B1 and the data
are numbers. Put this in cell A1 and copy down.

=IF(ISNUMBER(B1),ROW(),"")


If data are text then substatute ISTEXT for ISNUMBER

Don Pistulka

"Linda C." <Linda [email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> How can I set up the first column to automatically number each row as I go
> down a list in excel?
> Office 2000

Assuming the data will be entered in column B starting in B1 and the data
are numbers. Put this in cell A1 and copy down.

=IF(ISNUMBER(B1),ROW(),"")


If data are text then substatute ISTEXT for ISNUMBER

Don Pistulka

"Linda C." <Linda [email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> How can I set up the first column to automatically number each row as I go
> down a list in excel?
> Office 2000

How can I set up the first column to automatically number each row as I go
down a list in excel?
Office 2000

Assuming the data will be entered in column B starting in B1 and the data
are numbers. Put this in cell A1 and copy down.

=IF(ISNUMBER(B1),ROW(),"")


If data are text then substatute ISTEXT for ISNUMBER

Don Pistulka

"Linda C." <Linda [email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> How can I set up the first column to automatically number each row as I go
> down a list in excel?
> Office 2000