As Don suggested you really should use Help to learn about VVVVVVLookup
Try VLOOKUP(A1,Spreadsheet2!A1:B14,2,FALSE).
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"Bernadette" wrote in message
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Did that. Formula returning #N/A. Using
Lookup(A1,Spreadsheet2!A1:B14,2).
What am I missing?

"Don Guillett" wrote:


Look in the help index for VLOOKUP

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"Bernadette" wrote in message
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Working with 2 spreadsheets. Want to populate text from spreadsheet 2
into
spreadsheet 1. Need a formula to look up a value from column A in
spreadsheet 1 in any row in column A in spreadsheet 2 and extract a
value
from the same row from column B in spreadsheet 2 and populate info in
spreadsheet 1. Help!

Spreadsheet 1
Column A = Number
Column B = ? (needed from Spreadsheet 1)

Spreadsheet 2
Column A = Number
Column B = Text