The lookup function in Excel can save you a lot of time and effort, but only if you actually know how to use its many forms and alterations.

The VLOOKUP function is one of the most useful when pulling information from an Excel database. Here's how it works and how you can start using it in your work.

The trick to using Excel's VLOOKUP effectively is knowing what commands and values to use in what order.

To use VLOOKUP to find data in another Excel workbook requires multiple workbooks' relevant data. Once you have them, follow these steps.

What’s a vlookup, you ask? For the uninformed, this fun little Excel command allows you to extract a value based on the position of another value. So, for example, suppose you had a spreadsheet ...

Microsoft Excel is one of the most useful programs ever developed in the history of computing. One function that anyone looking to master the spreadsheet program needs to know is VLOOKUP. It's ...

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.