I am trying to use this formula, but it says that the zero after the BNSF
3167: is incorrect. I am going to have like 30 sheets, with anywhere from 2
to 10 cells that need to be searched and counted for the text string.

=SUMPRODUCT(--(ISNUMBER(SEARCH("HV HIGH VOLTAGE",OFFSET('BNSF 2176:BNSF
3167'!,0,0,COUNTA(Sheet1!$A:$A),COUNTA(Sheet1!1:1) )))))

"Bob Phillips" wrote:

=SUMPRODUCT(--(ISNUMBER(SEARCH("Jon",OFFSET(Sheet1!A1,0,0,COUNTA (Sheet1!$A:$A),COUNTA(Sheet1!1:1))))))

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HTH

Bob

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"skijsh1979" wrote in message
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I am trying to build a spread sheet than counts specified text strings from
numerous sheets. There will not be the same number of cells on each sheet
with a value. I need to be able to count certain values while excluding
the
blank cells. can anyone out there help?

Thanks,

Justin