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The Right Way To Count The Zeros

BY STANLEY ZAROWIN

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In the April issue (page 81) I wrote that unchecking Zero values (under Options , View ) would affect a count of zero values. Several readers pointed out that it only affects whether the zeros are visible, not the actual count. Use the COUNTBLANK formula to count empty cells.

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