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Don't trust Excel's COUNTA function to count non-blank cells—here's a better method
In most counting scenarios in Excel, COUNTBLANK reliably counts blank cells, and COUNTA reliably counts populated cells.
Launch Microsoft Excel. Enter data into the spreadsheet or use existing data from your file. Select the cell you want to place the result Enter the formula Press Enter. Launch Microsoft Excel. Enter ...
Microsoft Excel is capable of counting the number of cells that contain numbers, so if there was a time when you chose to manually count cells, then such days are over. That is because it is possible ...
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