Believe what you need can be achieved either via VLOOKUP or INDEX/MATCH
Try Debra Dalgleish's nice coverage on VLOOKUP or INDEX/MATCH at her:
http://www.contextures.com/xlFunctions02.html
VLOOKUP
http://www.contextures.com/xlFunctions03.html
INDEX/MATCH
There's also some sample workbooks available for d/l & study
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Max
Singapore
http://savefile.com/projects/236895
xdemechanik
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"Christine" wrote:
I have two seperate spreadsheets, one inventory (A) and one for customer
orders (B). Is it possible to enter the name of product in spreadsheet (B)
and have the next cell automatically fill in product number from spreadsheet
(A)?