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    Good evening,

    Looking for some help. I have created an audit template and we have to complete certain checks set by myself weekly. i thought i would enter all the values and corresponding text into excel. i have 2 columns the first the the check number and column 2 is the text.
    I would like to select the number on another sheet and the text to auto populate. I have tried to use vlookup but cant seem to get it working. Is this the correct formula to use or is it me just getting the formula wrong.

    Think i need some assistance on this one.

    Thanks in advance

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    Re: auto populate text in a cell when a drop down selection is made

    VLOOKUP is a likely candidate. INDEX/MATCH is an alternative approach. Or, if the check numbers are numeric, you could maybe use INDEX.

    Suggest you post a sample workbook.
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