In what form is your data base? If it is Excel, it is easy to create a
column of numbers that increment by one.
Maybe you should see the article "Creating sequentially numbered documents
(such as invoices)" at:
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/MacrosVBA/NumberDocs.htm

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>I need to print out rent receipts for my property (26 units) and would like
> to automate the process. How do I get receipts to increment thru my
> database
> on 1 sheet. right now the best I get is many copies of the same thing...