A little from column A, a little from column B: XLOOKUP is the new, easier way to retrieve information across Excel spreadsheets.

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 ...

How to Use VLookup With Different Sheets on Excel. Excel's VLOOKUP function searches an array of cells for data you choose, returning data from the cell next to the one that it finds. For example ...

VLOOKUP and Search are two functions that Excel uses to search for text. VLOOKUP finds data in a column and returns the contents of an adjacent cell. Search finds data in a cell and returns the string ...

A combo box's autocomplete feature linked to a lookup function creates a flexible search tool.

If you work with a large dataset or usually query the same data in an Excel table, then you should use the VLOOKUP function to make your life easier – here's how.

TEXTBEFORE and TEXTAFTER are a few more of my favorite Excel functions to clean messy spreadsheets. Excel's newer text ...

Excel tables help manage dynamic data ranges, adjusting automatically as data changes. The function helper in Excel provides a step-by-step guide to entering VLOOKUP arguments.