Excel offers plenty of functions, but sadly, none of them can be used directly to calculate the count of color-coded cells. Also, there’s no built-in way (whatsoever) to do so in Excel.

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.

Microsoft Excel allows you to crunch massive quantities of data easily through the use of functions. Sometimes you need to know the number of actual data points without counting blank cells.

Need to find cells with specific text? The COUNTIF formula in Excel has got you covered.

How to Display a Count of Cells on the Bottom of the Window in Excel. Numbers affect your business's success, and Excel helps you manage your numbers. Whether your spreadsheets contain sales ...

Highlighting cells with different colors can help you quickly identify information in a spreadsheet. Excel also lets you sort by color to easily group all the information you’ve highlighted with a ...

Q. Is there a way to color-code cells based on their cell content? For example, if cells state “Woman-Owned,” could those cells automatically become red and the cells that state “Large Company” ...

Excel gives you quite a few options to choose from under Number > Date in the Format Cells dialog (which, again, you get to by pressing Ctrl-1 or Command-1 on the Mac).

The default active cell format in Microsoft Excel isn't all that easy to see, but you can use this easy-to-implement code solution to change that.

This article shows how to count nonblank cells in Excel by using differnt functions and built-in feature in Microsoft Excel.