But why the concatenation ampersand? It's a great trick, but I'm not grasping why concatenating the string makes it work LOL Linda F. Johnson, M.A., MOS Linda's Computer Stop http://personal-computer-tutor.com Free e-Books, Newsletter, and tutorials -----Original Message----- From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ray Blake Sent: Monday, September 15, 2003 11:04 AM To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [mso] Re: FW: CountIF help Linda, The problem here is that the second argument of the COUNTIF formula has to be in the form of a string, so I don't think even putting TODAY() in another cell and then referencing the cell would help if that cell reference were still inside the quotes. Let me explain that differently. If you type into cell A1: =TODAY() ************************************************************* 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 *************************************************************