Allen Browne has a way of doing this:

http://allenbrowne.com/ser-26.html

I will elaborate on what has already been posted in this thread. You will
almost surely be disappointed if you are counting on a predictable autonumber
sequence that will be seen by the viewer. The sequence will have gaps. It
is almost impossible to prevent this. If you need an incrementing number you
should roll your own, but not with an autonumber field. More he

http://www.rogersaccesslibrary.com/forum/topic395.html

Marsh wrote:
Is there a way, in a new Access 2007 database, to start the numbers of an
Autonumber field at a number other than 1? It would be very convenient for
us to start at 10001.

Marsh

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