The most obvious way to increment a number in Excel is to add a value to it. Start with any value in cell A1, and enter "=A1+1" in cell A2 to increment the starting value by one.

For Excel to divide the values, however, the cell must contain a delimiter, a character that specifies where the first number ends and the second one begins.

Microsoft Excel can perform thousands of different types of data manipulations and calculations. This article will teach you how to use Excel formulas to add a specific number of days to a date.