Microsoft Excel is one of the most useful programs ever developed in the history of computing. One function that anyone looking to master the spreadsheet program needs to know is VLOOKUP.

For example, =VLOOUP(A1, B1:C10, 2, FALSE) won't work because VLOOKUP is ... you can use the Show Formulas options to display ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Once you have mastered VLOOKUP in Excel it's time to move on to INDEX/MATCH. This formula combination gives the same results but without the problems of VLOOKUP.