How to Make Excel Continue to Count Up for Each Row. Entering a series of sequential numbers into an Excel spreadsheet, one per row, can be a time-consuming and repetitive task.

If you already have the tally data in a spreadsheet, open the document. Organize your tally information into columns, with each row containing a distinct record.

Excel ROW function will return the row number of a reference. ROWS will return the number of rows in a column. Learn how to use the Row and Rows function in Excel.