In Excel 2000: I'm needing to simply count elements based on the Fill Color
of a series of cells. I know I can use the countif() function but haven't
been able to find a list of system variables and their corresponding
elements.

You need to use a VBA user defined function to count by color.
See www.cpearson.com/excel/colors.htm for example code and
functions.


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Cordially,
Chip Pearson
Microsoft MVP - Excel
Pearson Software Consulting, LLC
www.cpearson.com

"DrKilbert" wrote in
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In Excel 2000: I'm needing to simply count elements based on
the Fill Color
of a series of cells. I know I can use the countif() function
but haven't
been able to find a list of system variables and their
corresponding
elements.

Thanks Chip, been out of the loop too long and taking me a bit to get back on
my feet. Appreciate the pointer.

"Chip Pearson" wrote:

You need to use a VBA user defined function to count by color.
See www.cpearson.com/excel/colors.htm for example code and
functions.


--
Cordially,
Chip Pearson
Microsoft MVP - Excel
Pearson Software Consulting, LLC
www.cpearson.com

"DrKilbert" wrote in
message
...
In Excel 2000: I'm needing to simply count elements based on
the Fill Color
of a series of cells. I know I can use the countif() function
but haven't
been able to find a list of system variables and their
corresponding
elements.