Filter mode

[Leslie Isaacs]

Hello All

I have a worksheet with autofilter set to on.
In the bar just above the taskbar, on the far left, I notice that it says
"Filter mode", and if I right-click on that I can select options Average,
Count, etc.
BUT: whichever option I select seems to have no effect - it always says
"Filter mode"!
Is there another setting that needs to be set somewhere?

Hope someone can help.

Many thanks
Leslie Isaacs

 

[Debra Dalgleish]

When your list has many formulas, or if a cell in the list is changed
after an AutoFilter has been applied, the Status Bar may show "Filter
Mode" instead of a count of the visible records.

The following MSKB article has information:

The AutoFilter status bar displays the "Filter Mode" message in Excel
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?id=213886

And there are a couple of workarounds here:
http://www.contextures.com/xlautofilter02.html#Count