Hi Otto,

Try the following. While it appears to be looking for not blank, for me
under testing that I have done it appears to count all cells whether they are
blank or not. However, I suggest that you test it under the circumstances
where you intend to use it.

There is a separate COUNTBLANK function and I suggest it is there because
the COUNTIF function fails trying to count blanks as a criteria.

I'll be interested if you find any circumstances where it does not work.

=COUNTIF(D1:G20,"<""")

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Regards,

OssieMac