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Using Excel 2002, I'm looking for help with creating an if, then formula. I
have 10 conditions to check but it appears that formula won't allow me to
enter more than 7. Any suggestions?
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hard to tell what might work, since you don't give much description.

Conditionals with more than a few conditions can nearly always be
simplified (and made easier to maintain!) using either calculations or
lookups.

OTOH, you may be able to use the technique he

http://cpearson.com/excel/nested.htm



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Using Excel 2002, I'm looking for help with creating an if, then formula. I
have 10 conditions to check but it appears that formula won't allow me to
enter more than 7. Any suggestions?

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7 is the max. You haven't really given enough info, but often people
use nested IFs when VLookup would work better, so look in Help for that
function.


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Thanks to you both - I was asking for someone else, so sorry for the limited
info. You answered it, though!

"Lilliabeth" wrote:


7 is the max. You haven't really given enough info, but often people
use nested IFs when VLookup would work better, so look in Help for that
function.


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