Thankfully, Microsoft Excel's COUNTIF formula swoops in to save the day. It lets you count cells based on specific text or conditions, turning your spreadsheet chaos into organized data magic.

If you do, Excel will give you a circular reference warning. Type this function in the cell, including the quotation marks but excluding the final period: =COUNTIF (cell range, "phrase").

Specifying the conditional count of a value sounds like a daunting task, but two Excel functions make quick work of this challenge.

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When analyzing grades (especially for a large class) the COUNTIF function in Excel can be extremely helpful.

On Monday, the company announced that its Copilot AI is now available as an Excel function for Microsoft 365 insiders. That means you can add COPILOT to a formula and then use natural language in a ...