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Excel Name Trick #7: INDIRECT function, Names and LOOKUP


THE most amazing Name Trick: See how to use Data Validation, the INDIRECT function, the space operator and Names to look things up!

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Instead of INDEX and MATCH functions for looking up items in a 2-dimenational table, use Names, INDIRECT function, Data Validation and the space intersector operator.

See how to create 15 names with a single keyboard shortcut. Create Names From Selection.

This is a logical (beginning to end) story about most of the use for Excel Names. In this series you will see 12 amazing uses for Excel Names (14 total Name Tricks).





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