Excel 2003

Hello

Thank you for your question and welcome to the forum.

To use COUNTIF, you need to first enter =countif(

Then select the range of cells within which you want Excel to count

Then type in a comma ,

Then enter what it is that you want Excel to count, e.g. if you wanted Excel to count how many times you had entered 0 in the range you selected, then type in 0

If you are asking Excel to look for a piece of text, e.g. the word overdue, then you need to enter the text inside double quotation marks, e.g. "overdue"

I hope this helps.
Amanda