Hi. I've been handed an excel file that needs tweaking. Was wondering if
someone here could help.

This xls file consists of 7 worksheets, one of every day of the week. Each
worksheet has a 30 column section, each marked either [X] or [ ]. There's
one row for each person, the columns represent their 1/2 hour schedule.

1) I need a totals column, totaling the # of Xs in the 30 columns for that
person. Is there a way to determine if a cell has an [X] or not? If so,
add 1 to a count?

2) This totals column also needs to show department sub-total and grand
total. Should be easy enough, but I need to print a summary version of the
worksheet, showing just the department totals.

3) I figure the next thing the client will ask to a printed report showing
department totals of the whole week, all 7 worksheets. Is that possible?

As you may have guessed, I'm not an Excel person. First chance I get, I'll
run down to B&N and find an Excel reference book. Any advice from this
newsgroup will still be greatly appreciated...Dennis

You want to do this in a macro or using a worksheet function?

If you just want to do it in a worksheet function, then put your curso
where you want the result to be and click on "Insert Function".
Select the "Countif" function. The wizard will help you set up th
formula. You want something like this:

=COUNTIF(A1:A30,"X"

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You want to do this in a macro or using a worksheet function?

If you just want to do it in a worksheet function, then put your curso
where you want the result to be and click on "Insert Function".
Select the "Countif" function. The wizard will help you set up th
formula. You want something like this:

=COUNTIF(A1:A30,"X"

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Thanks for the reply. Question. If I want to copy the countif() in the
same column, but different rows, is that =COUNTIF($A1:$A30,"X")?

Now if I can figure out how to print a summary version of each sheet and
link the numbers of each sheets to a summary sheet...Dennis

"MSP77079 " wrote in message
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You want to do this in a macro or using a worksheet function?

If you just want to do it in a worksheet function, then put your cursor
where you want the result to be and click on "Insert Function".
Select the "Countif" function. The wizard will help you set up the
formula. You want something like this:

=COUNTIF(A1:A30,"X")


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Oops. $ is absolute. My mistake...Dennis

"Dennis Allen" wrote in message
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Thanks for the reply. Question. If I want to copy the countif() in the
same column, but different rows, is that =COUNTIF($A1:$A30,"X")?

Now if I can figure out how to print a summary version of each sheet and
link the numbers of each sheets to a summary sheet...Dennis

"MSP77079 " wrote in message
...
You want to do this in a macro or using a worksheet function?

If you just want to do it in a worksheet function, then put your cursor
where you want the result to be and click on "Insert Function".
Select the "Countif" function. The wizard will help you set up the
formula. You want something like this:

=COUNTIF(A1:A30,"X")


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here's a start...by the way if you ever need to see if
excel can do something try clicking the fx on the toolbar
to bring up possiblr functions....

start with a countif function....countif("range","[X]") to
get a count of the [X]'s where "range" is the row of
entries...add another workshet bringing the totals....you
can then print each sheet (fitting each one to 1 page -
probably landscape)....

John
-----Original Message-----
Hi. I've been handed an excel file that needs tweaking.
Was wondering if
someone here could help.

This xls file consists of 7 worksheets, one of every day
of the week. Each
worksheet has a 30 column section, each marked either [X]
or [ ]. There's
one row for each person, the columns represent their 1/2
hour schedule.

1) I need a totals column, totaling the # of Xs in the
30 columns for that
person. Is there a way to determine if a cell has an [X]
or not? If so,
add 1 to a count?

2) This totals column also needs to show department sub-
total and grand
total. Should be easy enough, but I need to print a
summary version of the
worksheet, showing just the department totals.

3) I figure the next thing the client will ask to a
printed report showing
department totals of the whole week, all 7 worksheets.
Is that possible?

As you may have guessed, I'm not an Excel person. First
chance I get, I'll
run down to B&N and find an Excel reference book. Any
advice from this
newsgroup will still be greatly appreciated...Dennis

.

Although I couldn't figure out exactly what you need, but I guess yo
require something like

A B C D E
1 C1 C2 C3 C4 Total
2 X X X =COUNTIF(A2:D2,"X")
3
4

- Manges

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Thanks for the reply. Now if I can figure out how to print a summary
version of each sheet and link the numbers of each sheet to a summary
sheet...Dennis

"mangesh_yadav " wrote in
message ...
Although I couldn't figure out exactly what you need, but I guess you
require something like

A B C D E
1 C1 C2 C3 C4 Total
2 X X X =COUNTIF(A2:D2,"X")
3
4

- Mangesh


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