Try something like this:

Assume your named range is MyRange

=COUNTIF(MyRange,"dealer")

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Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP


"pamlong" wrote in message
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I'm sure there is a way to do this however I"m fairly new to Excel and
need
some help.

I have a master list of data on a worksheet and I want to summarize this
data on other "master" sheets. Most of the data is in text format.
I want to specify a formula that looks at the named range on a different
worksheet and counts all records that match "dealer" for instance.

The Count function only seems to work with fields that have a numeric
value.
Can someone point me in the right direction?

THanks
Pam