most likely

The cell was formatted as text before you typed your formula in
Solution copy the formula reformat as general and paste the formula back

less likely
press Ctrl + `
which is just to the left of the 1 key

Mike

"WLMPilot" wrote:

I typed the following formula in and is displays the formula in the cell just
as it was typed in instead of calculating the formula.

=COUNTIF(C8:Q8,"=''")

Those are two single quotes after the equal sign.

What do I need to change or check?

Les