Hi

you can use the COUNTIF function for this
e.g.
=COUNTIF(A1:A10,"*school*")

however, i would also love to know what you mean by the "throw into the
Builder in Access" ...

Cheers
JulieD

"cisse_5" wrote in message
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I need code or a formula to return the amount of times text was found in a
range of cells. The problem is the data in the sheet is inconsistent for
example: StayInSchool, SchoolInitiative, SchoolsagainstDropout, etc. I
need
to calculate the amount of times "schoo" or school" is shown in the
specified
range. I need to be able to use a contains formula or string instead of <
or
equal to. Because this data comes from several markets, their naming
convention is not uniform. Another option would be Access (or another
application) if you can provide something I can throw into the Builder in
Access that would help also.