excuse me Bob....Mr thinker thats a good one...but please dont delete any
sheet in that range or even rename the sheet...good luck...more power Bob n
Thinker

"Bob Phillips" wrote:

=SUMPRODUCT(COUNTIF(INDIRECT("'Sheet"&{1,2,3,4,5,6 }&"'!A1"),"<4"))

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The formula =COUNT(Sheet2:Sheet6!A1) works fine,
as does the formula =COUNTIF(A1:A6,"<4")

but the formula =COUNTIF(Sheet2:Sheet6!A1,"<4") does not. If there anyway
of counting across sheets only when a particular condition applys?

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