You don't say what row your data starts on - I'll assume row 2, so put
this in E2:

=IF(ISNA(MATCH(D2,H:H,0)),"",VLOOKUP(D2,H:I,2,0))

Copy down for as many entries as you have in column D.

Hope this helps.

Pete

On Dec 1, 10:32*pm, DOUG wrote:
I need to instruct MS Excel to look in the cells in column D of Table One,
see if those cells match data in column H of Table Two, and if it does to
insert the descriptions from column I of Table Two in column E of Table One. *
In other words, I am matching codes between two spreadsheets, finding the
description of the codes and placing them in a new column in the original
table. *'Suggestion, please.

Sincerely,
DOUG ECKERT