Check out the helo for the below function...The below will return the number
of cells with data in Column B which are visible...Please note that hidden
cells are hidden through menu...
=SUBTOTAL(103,B:B)

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Jacob Skaria


"Susan" wrote:

hi all
in column A i have some text data. some of the rows have been
hidden. i want to count how many are left (visible). but any COUNT
functions count the hidden rows, too. any ideas?
thanks a lot in advance.
susan