The Google Sheets spreadsheet tool has plenty to praise: It’s free, friendly for Android devices, and easily shareable for collaborative work. New users may be wondering just how similar it is to ...

The VLOOKUP function in Microsoft Excel literally means vertical lookup. It’s a search function for querying values in the cell of a column. This function searches for the data relative to the entries ...

A little from column A, a little from column B: XLOOKUP is the new, easier way to retrieve information across Excel spreadsheets. If you’re working on your accounts and you need to convert all your ...

As you use Microsoft Excel more and more, you'll find that the VLOOKUP function is a very popular tool for dealing with large Excel directories or databases. It allows the user to quickly find ...

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You can do a lot in Microsoft Excel and Google Sheets, beyond the obvious spreadsheet-style organization and data collating. A lot of this is tied to both of their programming-like functions that can ...

How to combine Excel’s VLOOKUP() function with a combo box for enhanced searching Your email has been sent When entering data in Microsoft Excel, an autocomplete feature attempts to help. You probably ...

You can use VLOOKUP with Google Sheets; it's similar to how the function works in Excel. The VLOOKUP formula can find values in tables on the same sheet or a different sheet, but it can only find ...

Microsoft Excel's VLookup formula permits you to search large spreadsheets for specific data, one of Excel's lookup and reference functions. You can use VLookup between sheets within an Excel workbook ...

Comparing two columns in Excel doesn’t have to be a difficult task, and to get the job done, we suggest using VLOOKUP. You see, not always; the columns you want to compare are in the same workbook or ...