BTW, I see how I mislead you into believing this 4th option was XP only. My apologies for that! Greg Chapman http://www.mousetrax.com "Counting in binary is as easy as 01, 10, 11! With thinking this clear, is coding really a good idea?" > -----Original Message----- > From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Donald C. Smith > Sent: Sunday, January 19, 2003 2:00 PM > To: Mso-Microsoft Office Newsgroup (E-mail) > Subject: [mso] Re: VLOOKUP Question - want exact match only! > Thanks Again!! > > > It figures that it would make a difference in this case. I > have Excel 2000 with Windows 2000. I do have XP also but it > needs to be compatible with both versions. My lookup is in > descending order as I used the sort function when I set it > up. I am assuming from what you said that what you have > described (keep in mind I am not a rocket scientist) will not > work in 2000. If it will maybe you can explain it in SIMPLE > American English. Remember the AVERAGE person can only hold > an average of seven pieces of information in short term > memory for only a minute or two. Hopefully the formula I > have at the bottom of the page will simplify things (for all, ************************************************************* 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?Subject=unsubscribe 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 *************************************************************