There are many ways to find and retrieve data from a table or range based on a lookup value. In fact, because Microsoft often comes up with new, modernized alternatives, there are too many ways! So, ...

If you'd like to isolate cells in a Microsoft Excel data sheet based on criteria that has a partial cell match, this can be done through the use of a MATCH function. When applied, the MATCH function ...

If you don't have a keen eye and a perfect memory, you probably can't spot all the differences between two data columns in a large worksheet. Discovering these differences can be important if values ...

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While using Microsoft Excel for data analysis, you may sometimes need to search for and retrieve specific values. In such ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Once you have mastered VLOOKUP in Excel it's time to move on to INDEX/MATCH. This formula combination gives the same results but without the problems of VLOOKUP.

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Office Q&A: An advanced Excel filter to match multiple values and a PowerPoint picture timesaver Your email has been sent This month, Susan Harkins introduces an Excel user to advanced filtering and ...