Excel: Automatically create a numbered list
Filed in Excel on Aug.29, 2007. Email This article to a Friend
Question: How to automatically create a numbered list?
Answer:
- Type =IF(C1="","",COUNTA($C$1:C1)&".") in cell A1.
- Copy cell A1 to the next 20 cells in column A.
- As you type more values in column C, column A will automatically create a numbered list.
- If cell in column c is empty, cell in column A will be empty.Column B shows the formula.

COUNTA(value1;[value2];
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