Linda: Thank you for your help and the excellent tutorial. I apologize that I am unable to express in words the confusion I feel when trying to work with Excel and Access. Yet, trying to put the explanation in writing when something goes wrong is worse. ***************************************************************** Christine: You read my mind. You were absolutely right in changing the format of the column to general. Viola "Linda F. Johnson" <linda@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: I'm not sure what "message" you are referring to? And what's the "Revenue File"? Maybe my tutorial on VLOOKUP formulas will help you, since you didn't supply enuf info here to help....read this and follow the instructions and then let us know if you still get some message, but tell us what the message is: http://pubs.logicalexpressions.com/Pub0009/LPMArticle.asp?ID=446 If that link wraps, use this one: http://snipurl.com/akup Linda Linda's Computer Stop http://personal-computer-tutor.com ABC Free Ezine ~ Free Ebooks and Tutorials *all outgoing mail scanned by Norton AV. If you got a bug that looks like it came from me, it did NOT! -----Original Message----- From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Viola R Robinson Sent: Thursday, November 11, 2004 3:05 PM To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [mso] VLookUp Could someone help me please? I am trying to do a VLookup. Why does this message keep apperaing instead of the expected result? =VLOOKUP(B2,'Census 0904'!A:B,2,false) I am trying to link the index number from the census file to the index column (blank) on the revenue file. Position of columns on the Revenue File: 1. Index (Blank Column) 2. Patient Account Position of columns on the Census File: Position of columns on the Revenue File: 1. Index (Populated w/index number) 2. Patient Account Thank you in advance. You kindness is greatly appreciated. Viola R. Robinson ************************************************************* 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 ************************************************************* Viola R. Robinson Total Outsourcing Network Coalition of Healthcare Administrative Management Professionals Phone: (215) 549-4015 Fax: (215) 924-8777 consumer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.heavyweightpartner.com --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Check out the new Yahoo! Front Page. www.yahoo.com ************************************************************* 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 *************************************************************