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How to count cells by color in Spreadsheet?

April 27, 2023
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How can we count cells by color in Spreadsheet?  Sometimes, we will highlight duplicate cells with custom colors to identify data more easily.  But how can we count them? In this tutorial, you will learn how to calculate highlighted duplicate cells by color with few steps.

Count cells by color in WPS Spreadsheet.

1. Opening your table in WPS Spreadsheet.

2. Click the Home tab, and then select the Find and Replace button or use the shortcut key Ctrl+F.  

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3. In the pop-up dialog, click the Format button and select Fill Color to choose format from cells. For example, we want to count the number of green cells, click any green cell in the table. Then, click Find All.

4. You can see the counting statistics in the lower right corner of the resulting page.

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More operationabout calculating cells by color in WPS Spreadsheet.

After learning this course, we know how to count the cells by color. In addition, we can use the Count Function to calculate cells with parameters. For example, you can click here to learnUse COUNT function to count the number of cells with parameters, or you can also click here to learnCOUNTIFS function: count data of multiple criteria.

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