look at VLOOKUP in Help.

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HTH

Bob Phillips

"Jan K" <Jan wrote in message
...
How do I insert a reference code in one column which will then look up a
reference table and then insert the name in the next column. eg if I type
the
letter b in column 1 then the word 'bank' will appear in column 2. If I
type
the letter i in column 1 then the word 'insurance' will appear in column 2
etc etc