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Using Excel VLookup

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Summary: VLookup is an Excel formula that allows a range of cells to be searched through vertically, as opposed to an HLookup formula, which searches horizontally. Apply the VLookup formula to a spreadsheet with tips from an experienced Excel user in this free video on computer software.

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"Microsoft Excel is a registered trademark of Microsoft Office Products, and I am in no way, shape, or form, affiliated with Microsoft Office, or Microsoft. OK, next, we want to work on something called VLOOKUP. And VLOOKUP, just basically means it's a vertical lookup. In other words, it's going to look up a number from another row or column, up from, where ever you're putting that actual value. So, if I want to actually look something up, this is the "base", formula you would want to use in your formula bar. VLOOKUP(1), the area, the range from A2-C10, and 2. The difference between VLOOKUP and HLOOKUP, is that VLOOKUP, looks for things vertically within your table, and HLOOKUP looks for things horizontally within your table."

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