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Easily count the number of only bold cells in a range in Excel

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Sometimes you might mark some special cells bold, and later want to count the total numbers of these bold cells. With the COUNTBYFONTBOLD function of Kutools for Excel, you can easily count the number of only bold cells in a range in Excel.


Click Kutools > Kutools Functions > Statistical & Math > COUNTBYFONTBOLD. See screenshot:

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Count the number of only bold cells in a range in Excel

Supposing you need to count the number of bold cells in the range A1:B12 in Excel, please do as follows:

1. Please select a blank cell to use the COUNTBYFONTBOLD function, and click Kutools > Kutools Functions > Statistical & Math > COUNTBYFONTBOLD.

2. In the opening Function Arguments dialog box, click the Browse button shot-count-bold-cells-4 to select the certain range where you will count the number of bold cells only.

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3. Click the OK button. And then you will get the number of bold cells. See screenshot:

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Note: You can enter the formula =COUNTBYFONTBOLD(A1:B12) (A1:B12 is the range where you want to count the number of bold cells) to get the result directly.

Demo: Easily count the number of only bold cells in a range in Excel

 
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