Hi Richard, You can use the ISNA & IF function. Just create the lookup function and then wrap round it the IF(ISNA...function....You can specify what value you want excel to return instead of the N/A but replacing the words "No Match" Here is an example =IF(ISNA(VLOOKUP(A12,$A$6:$E$23,2,FALSE)),"No Match",(VLOOKUP(A12,$A$6:$E$23,2,FALSE))). Hope this helps. Herbert Chitate Reporting Accountant Yorkshire Purchasing Organisation -----Original Message----- From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Richard Howard Sent: 12 May 2009 11:42 To: 'mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx' Subject: [mso] #N/A on Vlook up Hi there I know this can be done as they told me how to do it on a course - but cant remember how When I run a Vlookup I get #N/A where it returns a none match. How can I change this to be either blank or have something else in it such as "no match" Thanks Richard A Howard European Retail Marketing Manager RentSmart Ltd 7th Floor Oakland House Talbot Road Manchester, M16 0PQ DDI: +44 (0)161 333 2485 Mob: +44 (0) 7812 057290 Fax: +44 (0)161 333 2450 ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email Rentsmart LTD, registered no. 3689086 England & Wales, 7th Floor, Oakland House, Talbot Road, Old Trafford, Manchester, M16 0PQ ______________________________________________________________________ ************************************************************* 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, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu at the top. This will allow you to unsubscribe your email address or change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso To be able to share files with the group, you must join our Yahoo sister group. This group will not allow for posting of emails, but will allow you to join and share problem files, templates, etc.: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/MicrosoftOffice . This group is for FILE SHARING ONLY. If you are using Outlook and you see a lot of unnecessary code in your email messages, read these instructions that explain why and how to fix it: http://personal-computer-tutor.com/abc3/v28/greg28.htm ************************************************************* ______________________________________________________________________ This e-mail, plus any files attached, may be confidential and is intended solely for the addressee. Please contact the sender if you have received this message in error. We recommend that recipients virus check all e-mails and files received As a public sector Organisation, YPO may be required to disclose this email [or any response to it] under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, unless the information in it is covered by one of the exemptions in the Act. For the full disclaimer please access http://www.ypo.co.uk/e-maild ************************************************************* 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, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu at the top. This will allow you to unsubscribe your email address or change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso To be able to share files with the group, you must join our Yahoo sister group. This group will not allow for posting of emails, but will allow you to join and share problem files, templates, etc.: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/MicrosoftOffice . This group is for FILE SHARING ONLY. If you are using Outlook and you see a lot of unnecessary code in your email messages, read these instructions that explain why and how to fix it: http://personal-computer-tutor.com/abc3/v28/greg28.htm *************************************************************