Aside from the amount of time that it can take it is very easy to make mistakes forcing you to go back and re-do your work. This method explains how to make each cell in a column display its corresponding row. Ie caption for a table.
A user needed a list of sequential letters a b c d etc.
The cell will. Enter the initial date in the first cell. This method explains how to make each cell in a column display its corresponding row. Place your cursor where you would like the sequential number to appear.