At the most basic level, select the text and use Find/Replace to replace the
character with itself. Word will tell you how many occurrences were
replaced.

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"astrologer" wrote in message
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ROAR for R is equal to 2 . OAR for R is equal to 1. ORR for R is equal to
2.
The totals are R = 5, O = 3 and A = 2 appearances. What formulae can I
use
to count how many times a letter appears in a text?