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Level up your skills with powerful lookup formulas.

Quick Tech Talk

With Steve Yoss

CPE Today

For professionals wrestling with massive datasets, finding specific information in Excel can feel like searching for a needle in a haystack. Whether it’s a customer ID, transaction number, or check number, pinpointing related details like totals, names, or dates can be daunting without the right tools. Enter Excel's powerful lookup formulas.

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Among the trio of essential lookup functions—VLOOKUP, INDEX-MATCH, and the modern XLOOKUP—the latter emerges as the star. While VLOOKUP and INDEX-MATCH have long been staples for data retrieval, XLOOKUP combines their strengths with enhanced features, offering users a faster, more versatile solution.

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