Thankfully, Microsoft Excel's COUNTIF formula swoops in to save the day. It lets you count cells based on specific text or conditions, turning your spreadsheet chaos into organized data magic.

There are a few ways to count the number of items in an Excel list, depending on the data you have. One way is using the COUNTIF function.

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

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.