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07.22.2008 at 02:10PM PDT, ID: 23586625
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F2 key to update change of format of cells for lookup

Asked by Melody001 in Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet Software, Spreadsheet Software

Tags: microsoft, excel, office 2000, installed on pc

I do a lot of vlookups between various sources of data. Source data is text but sometimes the other data does not get found on the lookup because of different formats. If i reformat the cells to text it will not find the data on the lookup until I have pressed F2 on the cells thast don't match.  Usually ther eiare 100's of items per lookup and I need to find a way to automate this process. I do not have any experience of macros but i would assume this isomethign that could be done?Start Free Trial
[+][-]07.22.2008 at 02:27PM PDT, ID: 22063865

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[+][-]07.29.2008 at 10:03AM PDT, ID: 22113419

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