Would sub-totals work for you? Another thing, if you gave each family a unique ID you could count on that. (example: first 4 of last&first3 of first&last4 of phone&last3 of zip) I would be wellsgle8036723 -----Original Message----- From: Kathie Felts [mailto:subscriptions@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2005 03:47 PM To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [mso] Count unique occurances in an Excel list I'm doing a list of sign-ups of young people again. I'd like to calculate how many families are sending their kids. Some are sending one kid, others are sending two or more. I'm thinking that I can figure this out if there is a formula that will count the number of unique entries in the address cells or even the surname cells (but not so much in a small town). Is there a way to do this? Am I clear? Office XP with the Service Packs. Thanks, Kathie -- Kathie Felts Executive Director Blooming Prairie Center Deep Roots, Bright Futures, Unlimited Horizons ************************************************************* You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To send mail to the group, simply address it to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To Unsubscribe from this group, send an email to mso-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" (without the quotes) in the subject line. Or, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu. This will also allow you to change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso To be able to use the files section for sharing files with the group, send a request to mso-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and you will be sent an invitation with instructions. Once you are a member of the files group, you can go here to upload/download files: http://www.smartgroups.com/vault/msofiles ************************************************************* _____ =20 << ella for Spam Control >> has removed 14010 Spam messages and set aside 0 Newsletters for me You can use it too - and it's FREE! www.ellaforspam.com=09 ************************************************************* You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To send mail to the group, simply address it to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To Unsubscribe from this group, send an email to mso-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" (without the quotes) in the subject line. Or, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu. This will also allow you to change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso To be able to use the files section for sharing files with the group, send a request to mso-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and you will be sent an invitation with instructions. Once you are a member of the files group, you can go here to upload/download files: http://www.smartgroups.com/vault/msofiles *************************************************************