Counting cells based on formatting

I want to count cells based on the color that they have been formatted.
e.g. Count the number of yellow cells, count the number of green cells.

Is this even possible?

Thanks.

You need to use a VBA function. See
www.cpearson.com/excel/colors.htm for details and example code.


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Cordially,
Chip Pearson
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Pearson Software Consulting, LLC
www.cpearson.com


"JRJ" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>I want to count cells based on the color that they have been
>formatted.
> e.g. Count the number of yellow cells, count the number of
> green cells.
>
> Is this even possible?
>
> Thanks.

You can do that with excel 2007, before that you would need code

http://www.cpearson.com/excel/colors.htm

on how to install

http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/install.htm


otherwise the only way would be to count using some sort of criteria that
you use when you color the cells if such a thing exist

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Peo Sjoblom

Excel 95 - Excel 2007
Northwest Excel Solutions
www.nwexcelsolutions.com
"It is a good thing to follow the first law of holes;
if you are in one stop digging." Lord Healey


"JRJ" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>I want to count cells based on the color that they have been formatted.
> e.g. Count the number of yellow cells, count the number of green cells.
>
> Is this even possible?
>
> Thanks.