How to proceed from this point is largely a matter of preference. We could move line by line through the income statement, entering a label followed by the value.

An alternative is to enter all of the labels and then all of the numbers. The second method is preferable at this point so that we may concentrate on the numbers. The labels are going to be stored in column A, and the numbers will be in column B. It is good practice to enter a label indicating the end of the period above the data, so move to B4 and type: 2004. L01