"Gary''s Student", Hi,
I copied and pasted your solution into the formula bar and all it returned
was the formula itself in the Total cell. I then tried to enter the formula
myself and got the same results. Sorry dude, this didn't work.

Regards,
Malcolm

"Gary''s Student" wrote:

=IF(COUNTIF(B5:B22,"s")+COUNTIF(H5:H21,"s")=0,"",C OUNTIF(B5:B22,"s")+COUNTIF(H5:H21,"s"))

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Gary''s Student - gsnu201003