Learn how to use the VLOOKUP formula to compare a maximum of two columns to have common values returned or to locate missing data.

Load up Excel. Then click "File," then "Open," and browse to the location of the spreadsheet to which you want to add a Vlookup. If the file containing the data you want to look up is on another ...

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.