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HowtoquicklyinsertuniquesequencenumbersinExcel?
DoyouneedtoinsertsequentialnumbersinExcel?Sometimesyoumayneedtoinsertsomespecial
sequentialnumbers,suchas000001,orwithothersuffixandprefix.Herewearegoingtoguideyouhowto
quicklycreateorinsertsequencenumbersinExcel.

InsertuniquesequencenumberinExcelas1,2,3,

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AlthoughthereisnotacommandtoinsertsequencenumbersinExcel,youcaninsertsequencenumbersin
contiguouscellswithclickinganddraggingmouse.

Step1:Enter1inacell,andenter2inacellbesidethefirstcell.

Step2:Selectboththecells,anddragthefillhandle acrosstherangethatyouwanttofill.

Withdraggingthisfillhandle,youcanalsofillthecolumnofcellswithsequencenumberssuchasthese
formats:000001,000002,000003andthesequencenumberswithprefixKTE0001,KTE0002,KTE
0003.
Notes:1.Thiswayisonlyabletoinsertsequencenumbersincontiguouscells.

2.Ifyouwanttocreatethesequencenumberswithsuffixorprefixandsuffix,thismethodwillnotwork.

Customizeandinsertuniquesequencenumberswithsuffixandprefix
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Step1:Selecttherangeyouwanttoinsertthesequencenumbers.

Step2:ClicktheKutools>Insert>InsertSequenceNumber.

Step3:IntheInsertSequenceNumberdialogbox,clicktheNewbutton.

Step4:Anditwillexpandthedialog,inthelowerleftpanel,createyourownsequentialnumbersandspecify
thesequencenameandprefixorsuffixasyoulike.Atthesametime,youcanpreviewtheresultofyour
customizedsequenceinthelowerrightlistbox.Seescreenshot:
Step5:ThenclickAddbuttontoaddyourcreatedsequenceintoabovelistbox,andselecttheitemthatyou
arecreated,thenclickFillRangebuttontoinsertthesequencenumbersintotheselectedrange.See
screenshots:
TheInsertSequenceNumberutilitymakesiteasytoinsertuniquesequencenumbersintocontiguouscells
andnoncontiguousrangesinExcel.What'smore,youcancontinueinsertingthesequencenumbersnexttime
indifferentworksheetsandworkbooks.

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COMMENTS

CHLOE PERMALINK(/DOCUMENTS/EXCEL/789EXCELCREATEANDINSERTSEQUENCENUMBERS.HTML#COMMENT931)

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SowhathappenswhenIhavecreatedtheseentries,butafterawhileIdeletedsome.

Willthenumbersofthedeletedones"comeback"againwheniaddnewentries?

Imean,mypurposeis,thesenumbersarenever"reused"...Canthisbedone?

Manythanks!
Chloe

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NAINA PERMALINK(/DOCUMENTS/EXCEL/789EXCELCREATEANDINSERTSEQUENCENUMBERS.HTML#COMMENT1618)

Thanksalot.Ithelpedmealot.Thankyouverymuch

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ANONYMOUS
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Imakebillstobepaidinexcelsheets.
Isthereanywaythatthebillno.getsincrementedautomaticallywheniopenanewworkbook..??

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LISALISALISA
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Thiswassohelpful!Thankyou!!

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IQBAL
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PleaseguidemethatihavePurchaseorderinoneexcelsheeti.e200pagesiwanttoknowanyformulafor
footerpagenumberwhichshouldbepermanentMeansihave1stpurchaseorderof3pages,2ndpurchase
orderfor4pagesand3rdpurchaseorderfor2pages.eachpurchaseorderhasdifferentSerialnumberbut
allinoneexcelsheeti.esheet1.iinsertedfooterpagenoof?whichgenerate1of9,2of9etc.Pleaseguide
iwanttosegeratethefooterpagenumberfor1stpageorder1of3,2of3and3of3.2ndpurchaseorder
shouldhavefooterpagenumber1of4,2of4etcandhencefor3rdpurchaseorder.lookingforwardforyour
guidance

KindRegards

Javed

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PRINTINGPROBLEM
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Iwassuccessfulinsettingup'Customizeandinsertuniquesequencenumberswithsuffixandprefix'
But,whenIprintitwillonlyprintthefirstnumber.Itwillnotprintmy50pageswithsequentialnumbers
(201500941,201500942,201500943,etc)

WhatamIdoingwrong?

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AHMED PERMALINK(/DOCUMENTS/EXCEL/789EXCELCREATEANDINSERTSEQUENCENUMBERS.HTML#COMMENT8168)
ALI
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ThankYouMuchToProvideAndImproveTheIdeaToCreatExcelSeries

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ALI
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ThankYouSirForgivingmeinformationaboutcreateseriesinexcel

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