How to compare columns in Microsoft Excel As stated, we can use the Excel VLOOKUP function to find and match different data or find differences in two columns.

I am running into the dreaded "Excel cannot complete this task with available resources" dialog box in Excel while trying to fill a column with a simple VLOOKUP equation. I have one column with ...

Wouldn’t it be great if you could use this autocompleting feature to search for data? Well, you can. I’ll show you how to combine this behavior in Excel in a combo box with a VLOOKUP () function.

We take a closer look at how you can use VLOOKUP if the cell contains a word within text in Excel, with three different examples.