How to quickly insert and fill in a serial number column in a Microsoft Word table

When it comes to Excel and serial numbers, you may be able to handle them even while you sleep. You just need to enter 1 and then drag the column down to automatically fill in the serial numbers in all cells below it. But what about Word and serial numbers? Well, most of us would frown at this advice because it's definitely not straightforward when it comes to Word. But is this impossible? Well, when did we ever say the word impossible?

This article is all about autofilling serial numbers in Word documents. So let’s jump right into the article, shall we?

Insert and Populate Serial Number Column in Microsoft Word

Step 1: First, if your table does not already have a Serial Number Column, Let's insert one.

Click the

table selector icon in the upper left corner of the table. This will select your entire table.

Step 2: Now, Right click on the TableSelector icon and click "Insert" option, and then click the "Insert Column Left" option.

Step 3: The previous step may insert multiple columns into the table on the left. This is not a problem. Simply click and select the additional columns you want to delete, right-click, and select the Remove Columns option.

Step 4: Now that you only have one column left in your table, let’s use it to insert the serial number.

Step 5: Click on the top of the new column, select it first.

Step 6: Now make sure you are on the "Home" tab. Under the Home tab options, click the Numbering drop-down menu and select the numbering format of your choice. See the screenshot below for a clear picture.

Step 7: After selecting the numbering format, you can see that the serial numbers have been automatically populated into the Word table. enjoy!

Additional Cookie Section

Now let’s say you want to apply a custom numbering format to your serial numbers, but before Not available in bullet numbered format. In this case you will definitely need to define your numbering format and then use it to generate your serial numbers. Let's see how to do this.

Step 1: Click on the top of the newly added column again to select it.

Now make sure you are on the "

Home" tab.

Next, click the drop-down menu associated with the

number icon.

Then click the

Define New Number Format option.

Step 2: In the "Define New Number Format" window, click "Number Format" field, you can enter a new number format. If you just want pure numbers, just keep 1 and delete everything after that.

Click the

OK button after completion.

Step 3: That’s it. Your new numbering format is now used to automatically generate serial numbers in Word tables. Oh yes, we also agree that inserting serial numbers is easier in Word than in Excel!

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