Gary,

Put the names of each the sheets in M1:M3, or however many you need, and use

=SUMPRODUCT(COUNTIF(INDIRECT(M1:M3&"!L3:L33"),"r") )

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HTH

Bob Phillips

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"Gary Keramidas" <GKeramidasATmsn.com wrote in message
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if this formula works on one sheet, how would i get it to sum multiple
sheets,
say sheet1:sheet3?

=COUNTIF(L3:L33,"=r")

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Gary