I suspect you mean count not sum:

=COUNTA(A1:A9)

But if the cells contain numbers this will also count them. Don't know if
that is an issue?

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Cheers,
Shane Devenshire


"Excel ??" wrote:

Dear all, can anyone please please give me a formula or how do I add cells
that contatin text not numbers? I want to be able to add each cell that
contains text and for those that are blank of course not to be added to my
sum. thank you all I hope I made sense.
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