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How to automatically number columns in calc/excel


In spreadsheet software such as LibreOffice Calc, or MS Excel, rows are numbered starting at 1, and column identifiers are assigned with a letter (A, B, C, etc.).

Is it possible to add an extra row and enumerate all columns progamatically like in the picture below?

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Solution

  • =COLUMN()
    

    in either, or switch Excel Options (Formulas, Working with formulas in Excel 2013) to R1C1 reference style.