Hi,

I'm not sure I fully understand but I thinl you want your countif formula to
stay unchanged. If so try this

=COUNTIF(INDIRECT("Sheet2!F$3:F$500"),B11)

Mike

"Column references within formulas" wrote:

I am referencing a column from a seperate sheet within one file. The problem
I have is that when I insert a column my formulas are not updating properly
on the seperate sheet. An example of my formula is
"countif(Sheet2!F$3:F$500,B11)". I need the formulas to find the critera one
column at a time. When I need to insert a column on sheet 2 the column
numbers referenced in the formulas change from A,B,C,D,etc to A,B,D,E etc.