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mrp

COUNTA ----- FORMULA WILL NOT COUNT NON BLANK CELLS

when entering
=COUNTA(C9:C78) into a cell to count the non blank cells the formula is
displayed instead of the count.

Any suggestions as to how to resolve the problem would be appreciated
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Al

Roger Govier[_2_]

COUNTA ----- FORMULA WILL NOT COUNT NON BLANK CELLS

Hi

Sounds like the cell was preformatted as Text.
Format the cell as General, edit the formula with F2press Enter

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Regards
Roger Govier

"mrp" wrote in message
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when entering
=COUNTA(C9:C78) into a cell to count the non blank cells the formula is
displayed instead of the count.

Any suggestions as to how to resolve the problem would be appreciated
--
Al

Dave Peterson

COUNTA ----- FORMULA WILL NOT COUNT NON BLANK CELLS

Or if you only see formulas, make sure you're not looking at formulas:

Tools|Options|view tab|uncheck formulas
(xl2003's menu)

mrp wrote:

when entering
=COUNTA(C9:C78) into a cell to count the non blank cells the formula is
displayed instead of the count.

Any suggestions as to how to resolve the problem would be appreciated
--
Al

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Dave Peterson

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