If you want to save yourself a huge amount of time when reconciling data, learn how to use VLOOKUP to compare two lists or columns of data.
Years ago the Training and Development manager of a large organisation invited me to spend some time in their Accounts department in order to observe how the Accounts team dealt with their day-to-day tasks. My job was to report on any process that could be improved using Microsoft® Excel. Read more
There are times when you want to return a match for a VLOOKUP based on more than one value. For example, we may have customers who have multiple branches. Each branch is recorded under the same customer number. So how do we look up info for a specific branch if all of the branches are using the same customer number?
Without a doubt ‘Paste Link’ is one of the best time-saving features in Excel. Linking information from one cell to another saves you from having to update data in several places.
Another fabulous time-saving feature is ‘Paste Special Transpose’. This allows you to copy a horizontal range and paste it vertically, or vice versa. An absolute gem.
But have you ever tried to use the two together? It isn’t easy at all. In this post I want to share a wee work-around that will allow you to use the Paste Link and Paste Special Transpose features together. Read more
