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How do I search multiple separate phrases at once?

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    How do I search multiple separate phrases at once?

    Hello, first post. So my problem Is I am working with tw spreadsheet with over 5000 entries, each and every entry has a different part number. I need to copy each part number, search it in the other spreadsheet, and the once found copy some information from the other spreadsheet back onto the original. I have been doing them one by one for two hours now and I'm down to about 300 out of 5000, there has to be an easier way? help? Thanks !

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    Lookup details from another sheet

    A sample workbook would be helpful....but, in the meantime, it seems like
    a VLOOKUP formula might help:

    Example:
    Sheet1, Col_A containing the long list of part numbers
    and
    Sheet2 containing the details (PartNum, PartName, etc)

    This formula returns the PartName for the Sheet1 PartNum
    On Sheet1

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    Is that something you can work with?
    Post back with more questions/details.
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    you are a genius that was exactly what I was looking for THANK YOU!

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    I posted to early... it actually wasnt what I was looking for... please see example im sure it will be much easier to understand than my first instructions
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    In B2: =VLOOKUP(Sheet1!A2, Sheet2!$A$1:$C$8, 3, FALSE)
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