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This is my simple way to use the VLOOKUP function in Excel to find data fast. I walk through how I use VLOOKUP to look up inventory amounts from a table. This helps me quickly check how many items we ...

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VLOOKUP (Vertical Lookup) is a useful Excel function that helps you find information in a table or range. If you have data spread across two different sheets, you can still use VLOOKUP to fetch values ...