Lets say I am in an excel file, we will call it file #1. Previously, with
the old version of excel(Excel 2002), I was able to use the VLOOKUP function
in excel to look up information in a different excel file (lets call it
excel file #2) and have the output show up in excel file #1, the one I was
working in.

Yesterday, I attempted to use VLOOKUP for the first time since the upgrade
from Office XP to Office 2003. I found that although the VLOOKUP function
worked fine within the same worksheet, as well as the same file but different
worksheet, I no longer had the ability to have it pull information from a
different file like I did before. This was very frustrating to me, and I
tried it several times, several different ways, but to no avail. I am
wondering if there is something that the new version of office has that does
not allow me to link the files in this way without first doing something
different. I was using the function box within VLOOKUP that prompts you for
the information needed in each section to complete the formula, and when I
tried to link to the other file and use the columns I needed for the look up,
after selecting them, the box (for Table_Array) would remain blank as if I
had not selected any information at all for that part of the formula.

Post your formula.


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"Carlgru" wrote:

Lets say I am in an excel file, we will call it file #1. Previously, with
the old version of excel(Excel 2002), I was able to use the VLOOKUP function
in excel to look up information in a different excel file (lets call it
excel file #2) and have the output show up in excel file #1, the one I was
working in.

Yesterday, I attempted to use VLOOKUP for the first time since the upgrade
from Office XP to Office 2003. I found that although the VLOOKUP function
worked fine within the same worksheet, as well as the same file but different
worksheet, I no longer had the ability to have it pull information from a
different file like I did before. This was very frustrating to me, and I
tried it several times, several different ways, but to no avail. I am
wondering if there is something that the new version of office has that does
not allow me to link the files in this way without first doing something
different. I was using the function box within VLOOKUP that prompts you for
the information needed in each section to complete the formula, and when I
tried to link to the other file and use the columns I needed for the look up,
after selecting them, the box (for Table_Array) would remain blank as if I
had not selected any information at all for that part of the formula.

When you link two files like this, Excel will include the full path and
filename to the second file within the formula. It might be that in
upgrading, your path has changed. As Dave says, post your formula and
someone might be able to suggest what could be wrong.

Pete

Carlgru wrote:
Let's say I am in an excel file, we will call it file #1. Previously, with
the old version of excel(Excel 2002), I was able to use the VLOOKUP function
in excel to look up information in a different excel file (let's call it
excel file #2) and have the output show up in excel file #1, the one I was
working in.

Yesterday, I attempted to use VLOOKUP for the first time since the upgrade
from Office XP to Office 2003. I found that although the VLOOKUP function
worked fine within the same worksheet, as well as the same file but different
worksheet, I no longer had the ability to have it pull information from a
different file like I did before. This was very frustrating to me, and I
tried it several times, several different ways, but to no avail. I am
wondering if there is something that the new version of office has that does
not allow me to link the files in this way without first doing something
different. I was using the function box within VLOOKUP that prompts you for
the information needed in each section to complete the formula, and when I
tried to link to the other file and use the columns I needed for the look up,
after selecting them, the box (for Table_Array) would remain blank as if I
had not selected any information at all for that part of the formula.