Thanks, I will work on this, I believe I can figure it out from all the information supplied. If I run into trouble along the way I will check back. Thanks Linda and Ray for all your help. Don -----Original Message----- From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On = Behalf Of Donald Smith Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2003 3:11 PM To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [mso] Excel 2000 matching up rows and columns I have two spreadsheets with names. One has the names I need (about = 75),=20 the other has the names I need plus others (about 150). I want to pull=20 the value out of one column from the spreadsheet with 150 names and use = it=20 in the other spreadsheet with 75 names. The additional names and values = are of no use. I don't know if it would be easier to edit the long = sheet=20 manually to match the short sheet then copy and paste, or if there is an = easier way to accomplish this. Thanks for you input and your help in the past. Don From: "Ray Blake" <ray@xxxxxxxxx> Subject: [mso] Re: Excel 2000 matching up rows and columns Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2003 06:19:41 +0100 Oh, yes, I saw it. I just felt the need to explain why, particularly since this argument actually defaults - dangerously in my opinion - to 'True'. Ray _____________ This email is from Ray Blake, Head of Software Design, GR Business Process Solutions. It is confidential and intended for the addressee only. The contents are private and may be legally privileged. If you receive this email in error we would be grateful if you would advise the sender and delete the email from your system. For more information on the services that we offer please visit us at our website: - www.grbps.com -----Original Message----- From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Linda F. Johnson Sent: 23 July 2003 04:38 To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [mso] Re: Excel 2000 matching up rows and columns Hmmm...did you not notice that my vlookup formula DID have "false" in it Ray? :-) Linda Publisher ~ ABC ~ All 'Bout Computers Owner ~ Linda's Computer Stop http://personal-computer-tutor.com FREE MS Office eBook Tutorial http://personal-computer-tutor.com/library.htm -----Original Message----- From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ray Blake Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2003 3:32 PM To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [mso] Re: Excel 2000 matching up rows and columns Don, This is a great tutorial from Linda. Make sure when you use the vlookup command you put 'false' in as the third argument. As I said in another recent post, what it means is, "Don't rely on the list of items in the first column of the table being in alphanumeric order - check every one of them until you get an exact match." Leaving it out is like saying, "The first column of the lookup table is definitely in alphanumeric order - if you get past the search phrase in the list and it's not there, don't keep looking, just use the nearest match". This would speed up your sheet if there were a lot of huge lookup tables in it, but here it's not even worth thinking about. Like I say, it's good practice always to include "FALSE" just in case it trips you up one day. Ray Blake ************************************************************* You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To send mail to the group, simply address it to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To Unsubscribe from this group, send an email to mso-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" (without the quotes) in the subject line. Or, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu. This will also allow you to change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso To be able to use the files section for sharing files with the group, send a request to mso-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and you will be sent an invitation with instructions. Once you are a member of the files group, you can go here to upload/download files: http://www.smartgroups.com/vault/msofiles *************************************************************