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"Dave F" wrote in message
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Try eliminating the quotes around B1
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"dsmith@organic" wrote:

Column A contains 1,000 positions. Each position falls into one of 25
titles.
the titles are in column B rows 1-25. I want to count the number of
"Acct
managers" in column A by referencing the test in column B. When I enter
the
formula =COUNTIF($A$1:$A$1001,"=B1") I get a return of 0. Cell B1
contains
the title (Text). Do I have to type the text in each formula - i.e.
=COUNTIF($A$1:$A$1001,"=Acct Manager") - instead of referencing the cell
"B1"..."B20"?