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.

Counting cells in Excel using the COUNT function is very easy, so if you want to learn how to do it, read this post to learn all about it.

Launch Excel and open one of your documents. Locate the status bar at the bottom of the window. Right-click that status bar to display a list of options. Click the "Count" option to place a ...