On Thu, 4 Feb 2010 14:09:01 -0800, Brian
wrote:

Column B in my spreadsheet consists of 10 rows with one letter in each cell.

I would like a formula to count cells B1,B3,B5,B7 and B9 only if the value
in each of those cells is "H". I have tried a simple formula like this
=countif(B1,B3,B5,B7,B9,"H") but it does not work.

Thanks for your help with this formula.

Try this formula:

=(B1="H")+(B3="H")+(B5="H")+(B7="H")+(B9="H")

Hope this helps / Lars-Åke