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Software ==> | Excel (113 exercises) |
Topic ==> | Lookup functions (10 exercises) |
Level ==> | Average difficulty |
Subject ==> | Excel training |
This exercise is provided to allow potential course delegates to choose the correct Wise Owl Microsoft training course, and may not be reproduced in whole or in part in any format without the prior written consent of Wise Owl.
Open the file contained within the folder name shown above.
We want Excel to search through the book ISBN codes in this sheet:
The whole spreadsheet is the lookup table.
When Excel finds the ISBN code in the first column that exactly matches the ISBN code in the merged cell B18, we want Excel to complete cells B19:B22 with the correct information for that book:
The ISBN is the code the lookup formula will find an exact match for.
First create a range name for all the data in your main spreadsheet table (A4:G15).
Also create a range name for the merged cell B18 where you will keep changing the book ISBN code.
In merged cell B19 create an exact match lookup formula to return the book status from column B (the 2nd column in your lookup table).
Remember that exact match lookup formulae have an extra variable: =VLOOKUP(Cell to lookup, Table range, Column ref, FALSE)
Copy the formula down to merged cell B22 and then edit each formula by changing the column reference to return the correct book data.
Change the ISBN code in merged ell B18 to 978-0-662-95055-01-2 to check that all your formulae work.
Use Save As... to save the file in your own new Excel work folder.
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