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I am constatly entering client numbers and names in an excel
spreadsheet. What i would like to do it have a fomula in column b that
will return the client name that i type in column a. I could have a
master list of client to lookup from. Can someone please help me with
this. Thanks!

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Create a list of numbers and names in M1:N20 say and use

=VLOOKUP(A2,$M$1:$N$20,2,False)

adjust the last row to suit.

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I am constatly entering client numbers and names in an excel
spreadsheet. What i would like to do it have a fomula in column b that
will return the client name that i type in column a. I could have a
master list of client to lookup from. Can someone please help me with
this. Thanks!



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I'm confused, You type a name in Col B and if a match exists in Column A,
what is it you want to do?

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I am constatly entering client numbers and names in an excel
spreadsheet. What i would like to do it have a fomula in column b that
will return the client name that i type in column a. I could have a
master list of client to lookup from. Can someone please help me with
this. Thanks!


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