See the VLOOKUP function.


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Cordially,
Chip Pearson
Microsoft MVP - Excel
Pearson Software Consulting, LLC
www.cpearson.com


"jayman"
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Hi there...I wonder how can I get excel to autofill the next
column
if....my sheet is like below...

employee ID employee name employee dept.
00001 john doe training
00002 funny gal engineering

etc etc

can my worksheet get the data from elsewhere and i just need to
type in
the employee ID number and the rest will be filled in from the
linking
excel sheets or workbook? Is this possibble...thanks..

Jayman ;)


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