Hi

use the COUNTIF function

assuming "Hoovering" is in A4 and you want to count the number of people the
formula would be
=COUNTIF(B4:F4,"<"&"")

Cheers
JulieD

"Chris01623" wrote in message
...
I have a word in a different cells on a row in my spreadsheet e.g.

Mon Tues Wed Thur Fri
Hoovering Nicola James
Washing up Steve Lisa

etc

I would like to know a formula that could add up the amount of names that
have been allocated for a certain task, and that would automatically
change
if a name was added or taken away, so i can have a "total" column in a
different cell elsewhere in the spreadsheet telling me how many people
there
are.