This illustrated walk-through (with a demo worksheet) shows how easy it is to create a multi-column search solution using validation lists and conditional formatting. Excel offers numerous ways to ...

VLOOKUP and Search are two functions that Excel uses to search for text. VLOOKUP finds data in a column and returns the contents of an adjacent cell. Search finds data in a cell and returns the string ...

In the duplicate world, definition means everything. That’s because a duplicate is subjective to the context of its related data. Duplicates can occur within a single column, across multiple columns ...

Do you have an Excel spreadsheet with huge data and scratching your head about how to find discrepancies? A discrepancy in Excel is quite common irrespective of whether you are an expert or an amateur ...

Microsoft Excel's Data Validation tool lets you add a drop-down list to a cell based on existing data in a column. However, how this works depends on whether the source data is part of a formatted ...

Comparing two columns in Excel doesn’t have to be a difficult task, and to get the job done, we suggest using VLOOKUP. You see, not always; the columns you want to compare are in the same workbook or ...

For many small business owners, Microsoft Excel is not only a powerful tool for internal tracking and bookkeeping, but it can also be used to prepare documents for distribution to partners or ...

Between the 2003 and the most recent versions, the number of rows that can be reached in an Excel sheet has changed significantly. As a result, the VBA codes prevent the portability of your workbook ...

When creating formulas and equations on Microsoft Excel, users have the option of inserting multiple functions and conditions into a formula to attain a desired result. This action is often referred ...