Print Row Numbers

I have a file with about 100 rows, and would like a column at the left to show the numbers of all the rows when printed. How is this done?

Bjorne,
I'm not sure what's happening to you, but it works here. Perhaps an outline of the procedure is in order.
The following formula was typed into the header of column A in the "Presidents" table. This effectively placed the formula in every cell of that column. A line number appears for every president listed, in this case by presidential sequence.
=IF(Pres="","",ROW()-1)
The "Alphabetic" table was obtained by duplicating "Presidents" and produced to show that that line numbers remain the same when rearranging names.
The "Insert" table was obatained by duplicating "Alphabetic" to illustrate that line numbers automatically readjust when a new line (Harrison) is inserted. "Insert line above" (Jackson) was used.
And finally, to test that line numbers will automatically, properly adjust when lines are deleted, the two Adams are removed. Note the both entire rows must be deleted, not just the names in the cells.
I hope this helps,
pw

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