duoble click onto the cell (or single click and press F2) to add more slashes.
you could have a function next to it to keep count.
I.e if the slashes are in cell E5 in F5 enter =LEN(E5)
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greetings from New Zealand
Bill Kuunders


"Donna" wrote:

How can I keep a tally in Excel by going back to the same cell and entering
slash marks without deleting the previous slash marks. This is for a test
and I need to keep a total of how many answered a specific question. Can
someone please help me?

Thank you.