See Debra Dalgleish's website for an explanation:

http://www.contextures.com/xlautofilter02.html#Count

Does that help?
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Regards,
Ron

XL2002, WinXP


"Reese85" wrote:

Why does my Pro Ed 2003 Excel status bar keep showing the words "filter mode"
instead of the filter results when I do an autofilter?