VLOOKUP, or Vertical Lookup, is a powerful function in Excel that allows you to search for specific data in a column and return a value from a different column in the same row. Here’s a concise guide ...

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 ...

Switching to XLOOKUP transformed how I build spreadsheets by removing fragile column counting and hidden lookup traps.

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 ...

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 ...

I enjoyed the article “Double-Teaming in Excel” ( JofA , Nov.05, page 83 ). VLOOKUP is so versatile; I have used it to reconcile outstanding checks each month. I download the checks that were paid for ...