How do I create a formula to count the number of bold formatted cells in a
row using Excel 2003?

Im not sure there is a formula but vba could do just what you need.
Sub countBoldCells()
Const whatColumn = "A"
Const whatSheet = "Sheet1"
Dim xlWS As Worksheet
Dim lastRow As Long
Dim boldCounter As Long

Set xlWS = Worksheets(whatSheet)
lastRow = xlWS.Range(whatColumn & Rows.Count).End(xlUp).Row

boldCounter = 0
For r = 1 To lastRow
If xlWS.Range(whatColumn & r).Font.Bold = True Then
boldCounter = boldCounter + 1
End If
Next
MsgBox "There are " & boldCounter & " bold cells."
End Sub

"John" wrote:

How do I create a formula to count the number of bold formatted cells in a
row using Excel 2003?

You first need a UDF

Function CountBold(rg As Range) As Long
''originally posted by Ron Rosenfeld
Dim c As Range
For Each c In rg
CountBold = CountBold - c.Font.Bold
Next c
End Function

Usage is: =CountBold(range)


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

On Tue, 10 Jun 2008 17:31:01 -0700, John wrote:

How do I create a formula to count the number of bold formatted cells in a
row using Excel 2003?