No, what you you want to do can't be done with VLOOKUP. If you had a single column on a single sheet, the autcomplete facility you're looking for would happen automatically, but I don't know of a way to create it across sheets. Ray ------------------------------------ GR Business Process Solutions Ray Blake Head of Software Design ray@xxxxxxxxx Braedon Newell Road Hemel Hempstead Herts HP3 9PD tel: 01442 396518 fax: 01442 389353 www.grbps.com ------------------------------------ -----Original Message----- From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of IBS4U Sent: 26 May 2004 03:48 To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [mso] Re: Excel Cross-reference Thanks, Ray. VLOOKUP seems to be what I need. However, I'm not concerned about the names in Col. A because in some cases it's the wife's name, sometimes it might be the husband's name or both names. The address would be the cross-reference I'm looking for. Would I still use the first example you referenced? I have never used VLOOKUP before. Therefore, I'm not sure how to change it if I need to. I appreciate your comment regarding Excel and Access. I prefer to use Excel whenever I can even if it's only for addresses. Carol R. Innovative Business Solutions ************************************************************* 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 *************************************************************