Try this:

=SUMPRODUCT((H1:H1000="Peter")*(G1:G1000="Paul"))
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HTH,

RD

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"JimG" wrote in message
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I want to combine a SumProduct formula with a CountIF.

I want to count all occurences of "Peter" that appear in column H, if
"Paul"
is in the corresponding row in column G. I am using 2007 and have tried
conditional formating but cannot make it work.

Any suggestions?