Auto increment numbering in Word

Question

I am trying to create a page of numbered labels.  I need each row to contain the same number and automatically increment for each subsequent row.  Is this possible?  If so, how do I do that??

Thanks,

Anne

Answer 1

See http://www.gmayor.com/Numbered\_labels.htm

Answer 2

Graham Mayor may want to chime in here, but as far as I can tell, his add-in (and the newer one at https://www.gmayor.com/NumberLabels.htm) always increments all the numbers in the table. There's no provision for repeating the number from the first column across the entire row.

You can set up a label sheet to do it. Start by using the Mailing > Labels dialog to create a new document containing a page of blank labels of the desired type. 

Insert a SEQ field in the first column of the first row. Insert SEQ fields in the rest of the first row cells with the \c switch added, which tells the field to repeat the same number.

Select and copy the cells (but not the row marker outside the right edge of the table). Then select the entire table and paste, which will fill all the rows with the same fields. While it's all selected, press F9 to update all the fields.

Answer 3

Sorry for the bum steer. I thought I had remembered that Graham had provided a method of numbering things like raffle tickets, where the same number was used two or more times.

Answer 4

Now that you mention it, a web search for "word raffle ticket template" turns up dozens of hits. Depending on what final result you want, one of them may be the easiest way to proceed.