Hi, I am new to this so let me know if I am approaching this
incorrectly, but I have a question. I have a file that was originally
in CSV format that has been saved as an xls file. Now I am trying to
do a vlookup with another excel file without changing the column to
fixed width because then it messes up the other vlookups I have to
other files. Can anyone help me or at least explain the logic?

alma wrote:
Hi, I am new to this so let me know if I am approaching this
incorrectly, but I have a question. I have a file that was originally
in CSV format that has been saved as an xls file. Now I am trying to
do a vlookup with another excel file without changing the column to
fixed width because then it messes up the other vlookups I have to
other files. Can anyone help me or at least explain the logic?

The width of a column has no effect on the lookup operation. It only affects
what you see.

OK, but unless I change the data in the column to fixed width, it is
not the same format as my column from another spreadsheet created in
Excel so I don't get a match. They are both text.

alma wrote:
OK, but unless I change the data in the column to fixed width, it is
not the same format as my column from another spreadsheet created in
Excel so I don't get a match. They are both text.

There is only "fixed width" for columns. They will only automatically adjust
when you issue the command.