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.

Excel's VLOOKUP function lets you find data in columns in reference to the first column. Learn how to create it manually or build it easily.

Press F10, and small letters appear over each ribbon tab and quick access toolbar item. Alt+H takes you to the Home tab, Alt+N to Insert, and so on. Once in a tab, additional letters appear for ...

You can use VLOOKUP with Google Sheets similar to how the search function is used to find information in Excel.

How to Use VLOOKUP to Merge Files. The VLOOKUP spreadsheet function searches an array of cells for a specific value, and returns the value of a cell adjacent to the target data. For example, if a ...

If the data are organized horizontally, we’d use HLOOKUP; and if they’re vertical, as in this example, we’d use VLOOKUP, which contains four parts: Assume we want to calculate depreciation expense ...