MS Word 97, Windows XP
===================
Hi,

I have created a table with 3 columns in a Word document. The first column
is Serial Number. Is there a way to update the value of Serial Number in
rows automatically when I add or delete a new row in/from the middle of the
table, instead of manually updating them?

Thanks!

-Amit

Is this something you can use a SEQ field for? It won't update
*automatically* but will when you update fields.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"Amit" wrote in message
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MS Word 97, Windows XP
===================
Hi,

I have created a table with 3 columns in a Word document. The first column
is Serial Number. Is there a way to update the value of Serial Number in
rows automatically when I add or delete a new row in/from the middle of
the
table, instead of manually updating them?

Thanks!

-Amit

This may not be the exact effect you want, but at least in Word 2003
you can select a column of the table and then click the "numbered
list" toolbar button and it will fill in a sequence of numbers in the
selected column.

On Thu, 28 Oct 2004 08:13:01 -0700, "Amit"
wrote:

MS Word 97, Windows XP
===================
Hi,

I have created a table with 3 columns in a Word document. The first column
is Serial Number. Is there a way to update the value of Serial Number in
rows automatically when I add or delete a new row in/from the middle of the
table, instead of manually updating them?

Thanks!

-Amit

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Is this something you can use a SEQ field for? It won't update
*automatically* but will when you update fields.


Hi Suzanne,

I'm practically a newbie when it comes to MS Word (and more so with Styles
and Formatting...though I'm learning a few things thanks to your responses
:-).

I looked up SEQ in MS Help, and it led me to LISTNUM, which I think is
closer to what I'm looking for. But, I could not figure out the steps to set
up a field/column in a table with LISTNUM or SEQ.

Will appreciate it if you can outline the steps to accomplish that.

Thanks!

-Amit

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Amit" wrote in message
...
MS Word 97, Windows XP
===================
Hi,

I have created a table with 3 columns in a Word document. The first column
is Serial Number. Is there a way to update the value of Serial Number in
rows automatically when I add or delete a new row in/from the middle of
the
table, instead of manually updating them?

Thanks!

-Amit

You'll have to add the fields manually, but if you save the correctly
formatted field as an AutoText entry and use AutoComplete to insert it, this
could go pretty quickly.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Amit" wrote in message
...
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Is this something you can use a SEQ field for? It won't update
*automatically* but will when you update fields.


Hi Suzanne,

I'm practically a newbie when it comes to MS Word (and more so with Styles
and Formatting...though I'm learning a few things thanks to your responses
:-).

I looked up SEQ in MS Help, and it led me to LISTNUM, which I think is
closer to what I'm looking for. But, I could not figure out the steps to
set
up a field/column in a table with LISTNUM or SEQ.

Will appreciate it if you can outline the steps to accomplish that.

Thanks!

-Amit

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Amit" wrote in message
...
MS Word 97, Windows XP
===================
Hi,

I have created a table with 3 columns in a Word document. The first
column
is Serial Number. Is there a way to update the value of Serial Number
in
rows automatically when I add or delete a new row in/from the middle
of
the
table, instead of manually updating them?

Thanks!

-Amit