Counting the Number of days since Project Kick off for each task

I'm a bit of a newbie to Project, so forgive me if this is simple.  I have a project plan that 318+/- entries long complete with estimated duration, start and end dates. I'm now being asked to provide these entries (in addition to the dates)
in cumulative duration.  That is to say that is to say that they want to know how many after the projects kick off will this line item complete. 
Does  a simple way exist?

wbicknell --
Create a custom task Duration field and name it something like Days from Start.  In this custom Duration field, enter the following formula:
ProjDateDiff([Project Start], [Start], "Standard")
This formula will calculate the difference between the current Start date of each task and the Start date of the entire project using the Standard calendar.  If your project is using any calendar other than the Standard calendar as the Project calendar
(Project > Project Information), then enter the name of that calendar in the formula instead of the Standard calendar. In the Calculation for Task and Group Summary section of the dialog, be sure to select the "Use formula" option to force it
to calculate Duration values for summary tasks.  Hope this helps.
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