Thanks again for the reply Bob,

This is driving me nuts!, the COUNTIF statement without all the OFFSET
rubbish works fine for counting each instance of a text (E2 was just
the formula in that particular cell i copied the formula on but changes
in each cell as it is looking for a different name) and multiplying it
by either 8 or 12 to accumilate the amount of hours booked off. The
trouble is that when another row is added in the range of any of the
hols the range is staying confined to the cells i first defined for it
i.e =Holidays!$A$14:$AK$123 instead of =Holidays!$A$14:$AK$124, it isnt
growing with the new line added, similarly the next range is staying
where it is =Holidays!$A$124:$AK$343 which is causing problems with my
COUNTIF as it doesnt know whether its 8 or 12 hours to count. I can
mail the workbook if you would like.

You can mail me at simon.lloydATkelloggDOTcom

Thanks,

SImon


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