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hi Kyle,<br />
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Thanks for your reply! <br />
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That's what I thought too, but I got blown away by the use of ! mark. Could you please tell me why is there an exclamation mark in the range? Im a excel newbie ;)<br />
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Thanks,<br />
Prem
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hi Kyle,

Thanks for your reply!

That's what I thought too, but I got blown away by the use of ! mark. Could you please tell me why is there an exclamation mark in the range? Im a excel newbie ;)

Thanks,
Prem

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Its counting how many of the cells in the range G4:G82 in the file have 'Career Fair' in them<br />
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Its counting how many of the cells in the range G4:G82 in the file have 'Career Fair' in them
 

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so...essentially it's totaling the number of cells which contain the words &quot;Career Fair&quot;.<br />
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Kyle
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so...essentially it's totaling the number of cells which contain the words "Career Fair".

Kyle

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Thanks Kyle! I really appreciate for your quick help! 
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Thanks Kyle! I really appreciate for your quick help!

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The exclamation point is used when referencing other sheets. &nbsp;For example if I want to add cells A1 and B1 on sheet2 then I would do =Sheet2!A1 + Sheet2!B1. &nbsp;make sense?<br />
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Kyle
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The exclamation point is used when referencing other sheets.  For example if I want to add cells A1 and B1 on sheet2 then I would do =Sheet2!A1 + Sheet2!B1.  make sense?

Kyle

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totally makes sense :) Once again thanks Kyle! 
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totally makes sense :) Once again thanks Kyle!

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Can someone please tell me what is following formula doing? <br />
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=COUNTIF('\\path of excel file (hidden) '!G4:G82, &quot;=Career Fair&quot;)<br />
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I have also attached the image with path hidden.<br />
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Any help would be highly appreciated. <br />
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Can someone please tell me what is following formula doing? 

=COUNTIF('\\path of excel file (hidden) '!G4:G82, "=Career Fair")

I have also attached the image with path hidden.

Any help would be highly appreciated. 

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