[mso] Re: Excel Cross-reference

Yes, sort of. First of all, never apologise for using Excel when you
could have used Access. In my experience, much grief is derived from
using Access when Excel would have sufficed.

Anyway, what you need to do is use a VLOOKUP in the address column on
your second worksheet which seeks to match the name entered in the first
column with a corresponding entry on the other sheet. Assuming the
sheets are 'Sheet1' and 'Sheet2' and that neames appear in column A and
addresses in B, the formula in B1 on Sheet2 is like this:

        =VLOOKUP(A1,Sheet1!A:B,2,FALSE) 

Drag it down the length of column B. If you enter a name and there's no
match, the cell will show an NA error, and you can simply overtype the
new address. If you'd rather the cell looked empty than display an
error, then change the formula to this:

        
=IF(ISNA(VLOOKUP(A1,Sheet1!A:B,2,FALSE)),"",VLOOKUP(A1,Sheet1!A:B,2,FALS
E))

Ray Blake

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Sent: 25 May 2004 16:21
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Subject: [mso] Excel Cross-reference


Hi, all.  Is there a way to cross-reference worksheets?
I have a database of names, addresses & info in 2 large workbooks.  If I
start to type in duplicate info (i.e., address) for this person, is
there a way the info will view as an "auto type" so that I know it's in
the other worksheet?

You may wonder why I've done this in Excel -- it's because we also have
calculations.  Management wants the spreadsheets to be done quarterly,
i.e., Jan - Mar., Apr. - June.

Thanks so much for your help.

Carol R.
Innovative Business Solutions

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