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How do I add rows of text?
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Pam
Joe
Bob
sara
Total: 4
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Hi, Karen,

Use the =COUNTA function.

So, if your names are in cells a1:a4, =COUNTA(A1:A4) would return 4

You use =COUNT to count numeric values and =COUNTA to count non-numeric
values in any given range.

Hope this helps

Pete



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How do I add rows of text?
example
Pam
Joe
Bob
sara
Total: 4
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keb

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Do you mean =Counta(A1:A4) in Cell A5?

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example
Pam
Joe
Bob
sara
Total: 4
--
keb

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