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How to autonumber table’s columns or rows in word?

AutoNumber can also be expended to tables in Word. If you have inserted AutoNumber in to a table’s columns or rows, you don’t need to adjust numbering when you inserting or deleting row or column from the table. The AutoNumber will update automatically. This article will show you how to apply AutoNumber in a table’s columns or rows. For better understanding, I will show you the way to insert AutoNumber in the first left column for the table below.


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Step 1. Highlighting the first column, and then click Home tab > Auto number. See screenshot:


Step 2. Select the format you like from Numbering Library, or define a new format you like in Define New Number Format. See screenshot:

Step 3. It will insert Autonumber to the position the cursor in, see screenshot:

Step 4. Now delete the second row, it will reorder the number in first column, see screenshot:

Note : you also can use this method to autonumber a row, the only difference is that you should highlight the row firstly.


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I would like to change the start number from 1 to 27. Can you help me?
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Autonumbering the rows in a table gives me (in Word 2013), for example, 100-109, but then goes 10010, 10011. Is there a way to fix this?
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Hello hoe can i arrange numbering from 0001 till 0250 in a table
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Thank you Thank you Thank you. I could not work it out and it was so simple.. I feel stupid. :sigh:
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please tell me the video regarding the same in youtube
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Thank you. So easy to implement with your easy to follow instructions.
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I tried at first on my own, but it didn't fill the whole column somehow, then found your page. I had assumed that if we select just one cell, the Numbering will start from that cell onwards. Thanks.
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There is a typo in paragraph 3. Step 3. It will insert Aotnumber to the position the cursor in, see screenshot:
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I have corrected the typo, thanks for your reminding. :-) [quote]There is a typo in paragraph 3. Step 3. It will insert Aotnumber to the position the cursor in, see screenshot:By LL[/quote]
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Thanks for this tip. It seems simple, but your instructions save me lots of time. Thanks again.
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yeah its really awesome really i dont this technique before you helped me a lot in doing my job thank u so much
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