Question

I was sent an excel document in the following format:

A |  B  |
1 | abc |
  | def |
2 | abc |
  | def |
  | ghi |
3 | abc |
  | def |

So basically I have the first column which contains ordered numbers every couple of rows. I want to insert a row e.g. between 2 and 3, so that the new row will be numbered 3, and the rows below it are updated accordingly i.e. 3 becomes 4, 4 becomes 5 and so on.

I don’t really use excel, but I am curious if there is there an easy way of doing this?

Answer 1

In A1, enter the following formula:

=IF(MOD(ROW(A1),2)=1,(ROW(A1)+1)/2,"")

And copy that formula down to the bottom of the range. Each time you insert a new row, you will need to manually copy the formula to the inserted row’s first cell.