Cheeky, Excel does not have a built in formula to do it, you will need to do
with a macro, here is one way

Sub Count_Bold()
' will NOT couunt if bold is by Conditional Formatting
For Each c In Range("A:A")
If c.Font.Bold = True Then _
boldcount = boldcount + 1
Next
MsgBox boldcount
End Sub


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Paul B
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Using Excel 2002 & 2003

"CheekyChappy" wrote in message
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Hello Office Experts. Does anyone know how to count the number of cells
containing embolldened text in a column? I'm using Excel 2003.

Many thanks.