depends upon what drives the tick. For instance I use a with a font of
Marlett, so I just need

=COUNTIF(rng,"a")

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HTH

Bob

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"Stephen Doyle" wrote in message
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In a cell I have a line of ticks, how do I count them?

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Cheers

Stephen