report how many catagories in a field

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Krissy

I am creating a database which i have entered the same name numerious times
in one column, now i want to create a report tellign me how many times each
name appears, eg i have in one column;
cat
dog
cat
cat
dog
and i want a report that will tell me i have cat=3 and dog=2, im only
slightly skilled in access so if i need ot type in some code or something to
create a rule or wat eva, plz specify what to open n where to type it if wat
i need is possible.
 
K

Krissy

Thanks 4 t attempot 2 help, but still a lil confused, however i kept
fiddleing trying 2 get wat i wanted n discoverd that if i make a chart using
the field/column that i want the results for i can then just change it to
become a PivotTable n that gives me wati need. thanks again
 
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