Say your names are in Column A.
Insert a *new* Column A, and enter this formula in the *new* A2:
=IF(B2="","",MAX(A$1:A1)+1)
If B1 contains a name, enter 1 in A1,
If not, just copy the formula down as needed.
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HTH,
RD
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Please keep all correspondence within the Group, so all may benefit!
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I cannot remove empty rows in between names and the number of empty rows
varies from name to name, so how do I number them?