Note leader increment needed

If I use the note leader call out to number an item say D2  there doesnt appear to be away to copy increment the leader like you can with text... I think we need a tool to do this as its pretty standard work in cad.. 

Currentley I have to just do a place note  leader ( with a space for the text  give in line leader line) then place the first one on the element to label, but dont use text then I place all my note leaders where I want  all the others to be in the right places  then use copy increment text to make D3 etc  this works but the text and leader are not associated...too bad place note doesnt have a copy increment  text  ....we can get round this but its all time consuming and prone to error and means lots of typing is too slow.... using a place note with copy increment  built in would awsome... looks like its  a job for VBA...