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I am entering text data into a spreadsheet and I need to know how to
calculate the number of times particular words/phrases appear in each column.
I am very new to excel, so any help would be appreciated!
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=COUNTIF(A1:A1000,"word")

replace A1:A1000 with your range and word with the word you want to count


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I am entering text data into a spreadsheet and I need to know how to
calculate the number of times particular words/phrases appear in each
column.
I am very new to excel, so any help would be appreciated!



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To add to Peo, if the "word" is not the only text in the cell, but may be
combined with other words, include the wildcard in the search:

=COUNTIF(A1:A1000,"*word*")

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=COUNTIF(A1:A1000,"word")

replace A1:A1000 with your range and word with the word you want to count


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Peo Sjoblom





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I am entering text data into a spreadsheet and I need to know how to
calculate the number of times particular words/phrases appear in each
column.
I am very new to excel, so any help would be appreciated!




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