Counting cells in Excel using the COUNT function is very easy, so if you want to learn how to do it, read this post to learn all about it.

If you wish to count the same or duplicate values in a column only once in Excel or the count of occurances of duplicate values, read this article.

Click one of the column headers in the document that has values. The word "Count" appears in the status bar's bottom right corner. The number of cells that contain values appears next to that word.

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

Counting records or values in Microsoft Excel is easy. Counting individual cells by their fill color definitely isn't. Using an old function and a matrix tames the problem.

In this example, I've used conditional formatting to color any cells in column A containing values between 10 and 25 yellow, and any cells containing values between 26 and 50 green.