=COUNTA(A2:A200)

will count everything except blanks

post back if you have numbers as well that
should not be counted


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Regards,


Peo Sjoblom


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Using 2007 on Vista

If I've got text data which in some columns either has data or there
is a blank, what formula do I use to count how many cells have text in
them per column?

Many thanks