[mso] Problems with Vlookup in Excel

Hello all,

I just joined the mailing list off the recommendation
of http://www.personal-computer-tutor.com/support.htm.
   

I have mastered the basics of Vlookups in Excel,
however I occasionally encounter a problem when
working with data exported from MFG Pro (if you are
unfamiliar with this software, it is unimportant).

In a nutshell, the cells which I am trying to populate
using Vlookup will read #N/A- until I go to the column
from which it is drawing data, change its format to
General/Number, highlight an individual cell, hit F2,
and hit then enter.  I have to do this for each cell
in the column.  As you can imagine, completing the
process for every cell is rather tedious and I'm
curious if anyone knows a better way.  

There are no blank spaces at the end of each cell of
data in the column, although some cells have an
apostrophe at the beginning (these are few in number).
 Perhaps I will request a method of filtering out the
apostrophes in a later email ;)

Thanks for the help, let me know if I can provide any
further assistance, and have a great day!

Jon - Skillman, NJ

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