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How to Create & Insert Unique Sequential Numbers in Excel Office 365?

Let us see the simple instructions to Create & Insert Unique Sequential Numbers in Excel Office 365 with Kutools. Get an official version of MS Excel from the following link: https://www.microsoft.com/en-in/microsoft-365/excel

Note: kutools for Excel has more than 180 features which are used to complete the difficult task with several clicks. If you want to use Kutools, you need to install it from Excel’s official website.

Create and Insert Unique Sequential Numbers in a Range of Cells:

If you want to create and insert unique sequential numbers in Excel, do the following steps.

  • First, you need to select the range that you want to insert sequential numbers.

Select a range
Select a range

  • Go to the Kutools Tab, select the Insert option, choose the Insert Sequence Number option from the menu.

Kutools Tab
Kutools Tab

  • Next, it will display the Insert Sequence Number Dialog Box.
  • In that dialog box, you need to click the new button to expand this dialog box.

Click New button
Click New button

  • In the lower-left pane of this dialog box, you need to create your own sequential numbers and you can see the preview results on the right side list box.

  • Name – Here, you need to enter the name of your data.

  • Start number – You need to select the start number from the drop-down list.

  • Increment – Use the drop-down menu to choose the increment.

  • No. of digits You need to select the number of digits using the drop-down list.

  • prefix (optional) & Suffix (optional) – You can enter any data in these text boxes.

  • After finishing your settings, click the Add button to add your created sequence to the list box.

Click the Add button
Click the Add button

  • Then, select the item that you created and click the Fill Range button to insert the sequence numbers into the selected range.

Click Fill Range option
Click Fill Range option

  • After inserting the sequence numbers, you need to close this dialog box.

Output
Output

Steps to Create and Insert Repeated Sequential Numbers in a Range of Cells:

To create and insert repeated sequential numbers in a range of cells in Excel, do as follows.

  • You need to select the cells that you want to insert the repeated sequence.

Select a range
Select a range

  • On the Kutools Tab, select the Insert option, choose the Insert Sequence Number option from the menu.

Kutools Tab
Kutools Tab

  • Then, it will open the Insert Sequence Number Dialog Box.
  • You need to click the new button to expand this dialog box.

Click New button
Click New button

  • In the left lower pane, you can create your own sequential number s.

  • Name – Here, you need to enter the name of your data.

  • Start number – You need to select the start number from the drop-down list.

  • Increment – Use the drop-down menu to choose the increment.

  • No. of digits You need to select the number of digits using the drop-down list.

  • prefix (optional) & Suffix (optional) – You can enter any data in these text boxes.

  • End number – You need to check this box and enter the number that how many times you want to repeat the sequence.

  • You can preview the results in the lower right list box.

  • After finishing your settings, click the Add button to add your created sequence to the list box.

Insert Sequence Number Dialog Box
Insert Sequence Number Dialog Box

  • Then, select the item that you created and click the Fill Range button to insert the sequence numbers repeatedly into the selected range.
  • Then, close the dialog box.

Click the Fill Range button
Click the Fill Range button

  • At last, you can get the result as shown in the below image.

Output
Output

Create and Insert Unique Sequential Numbers in Merged Cells:

To insert unique sequential numbers in the merged cells, follow the below instructions.

  • You need to select the merged cells that you want to fill the sequence numbers.

Select the merged cells
Select the merged cells

  • On the Kutools Tab, select the Insert option, choose the Insert Sequence Number option from the menu.

Kutools Tab
Kutools Tab

  • Then, it will open the Insert Sequence Number Dialog Box.
  • You need to click the new button to expand this dialog box.

Click New button
Click New button

  • In the left lower pane, you can create your own sequential number s.

  • Name – Here, you need to enter the name of your data.

  • Start number – You need to select the start number from the drop-down list.

  • Increment – Use the drop-down menu to choose the increment.

  • No. of digits You need to select the number of digits using the drop-down list.

  • prefix (optional) & Suffix (optional) – You can enter any data in these text boxes.

  • You can preview the results in the lower right list box.

  • After finishing your settings, click the Add button to add your created sequence to the list box.

Click the Add button
Click the Add button

  • Then, select the item that you created and click the Fill Range button.

Click Fill Range option
Click Fill Range option

  • It will insert the sequence numbers repeatedly into the merged cells.
  • At last, you need to close the dialog box.

Result
Result

A Brief Summary:

In this post, you can clearly understand the steps to Create & Insert Unique Sequential Numbers in Excel Office 365 with Kutools. Give your feedback/suggestions in the below comment box. Thanks for visiting Geek Excel. Keep Learning!

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