I forgot to mention that I copied and pasted the code exactly as it appears
on the author's Web site. Also, upon a closer reading of my research notes,
I see where there are instructions for creating a new code module and
pasting the code into that module, which I have also done.

--Tom

"Thomas M." wrote in message
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The code is not mine, so I don't think that I should be posting it without
the author's permission. However, I can give link to where I found the
code. The complete block of code is found under Code Samples at the
bottom of the page.

http://xldynamic.com/source/xld.ColourCounter.html#code

--Tom

"Otto Moehrbach" wrote in message
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Post the function. HTH Otto
"Thomas M." wrote in message
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Okay, this is embarrassing, but I just discovered that I already have
the function in the ThisWorkbook code module. So I guess the new
question would be, if I have the custom function why isn't it being
recognized by Excel?

--Tom

"Thomas M." wrote in message
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Excel 2007

I had an Outlook reminder (5 weeks overdue) come up today prompting me
to do some work on getting Excel to do a conditional sum based on cell
background color. The thing is, I can't remember if I've already
posted a question about this, or if the reminder was intended to prompt
me to post a question. Either way, I can't find any indication that I
have previously posed this query. So, I apologize if this is a repeat
question.

I have the following numbers in A2:A8. I've indicated the background
color for each value.

53
12 Green
42 Red
89 Green
36 Green
71
20 Red

I would like to know if there is a way to do a conditional sum based on
the background color of the cells. So, for example, a formula that
keys on green would produce a result of 137. I've found some
information implying that the following formula should work to sum all
red cells:

=SUMPRODUCT(--(colorindex(A2:A8)=3),A2:A8)

However, that formula yields a #NAME? error, which I assume is caused
by the fact that Excel does not recognize the colorindex function. So
I suspect that colorindex is a custom function. My question then would
be, where do I get the colorindex function? I suppose that a second
question would be, am I on the right track?

--Tom