Comments on: Look Up

By: Antonio Loureiro

Antonio Loureiro — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:36:00 +0000

Well, I recently discovered what one can do with that…. and it’s great!
for me (working with Finance) I can quickly look for quotes on the internet and paste it on my xls, so the effectively do my calculations using it…
You just have to click on the collase box and choose thereference to yahoo market

Bummer: I can’t get a macro to run that automatically

PS: also should say, I’m using 2003.

By: Reid

Reid — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 18:03:00 +0000

I’ve never noticed it before (never hit it accidentally, either)! However, I DO use it in WORD all the time. Somehow I’ve never thought of using Excel for word research… but now I know!

By: Luann Clark

Luann Clark — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 20:30:00 +0000

I was aware of it, only because I end up it in several times a week (by accident). I’m more comfortable in Google, the learning curve to use this isn’t worth it – especially if you have dual monitors!

By: Mike M.

Mike M. — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 17:25:00 +0000

At a former job in public accounting, I received several spreadsheets in Portuguese. I was able to use the reference thingy to translate the cells…not perfect, but good enough for me to get the idea of what was going on. Fortunately, the trial balance wasn’t all that big.

By: sam

sam — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 05:04:00 +0000

I some times use to for Translatiion….Its pretty ok…

By: Ross

Ross — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 22:44:00 +0000

Yeah I use it all the time

Sorry, sorry, what I meant was I've never used it, also I've never opened it by accident either!

It took you 7 minutes to find that out Jeffrey!!! good work!

By: Ethan

Ethan — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 22:04:00 +0000

Recently I had the gruesome task of researching a list of several hundred vendors for a client which involved finding and reviewing each vendor's website. Much to my elation, I discovered that Alt+Clicking on a cell opened the research pane and populated it with search results which almost always included a link to the vendor's website.
I very rarely use this little gem of functionality but when I need it I really need it.

By: jeffrey weir

jeffrey weir — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 20:40:00 +0000

I’ll tell you who doen’t use the research pane – kids who look up rude words. There’s a Parental Control setting. Damn you, Microsoft…I’ll have to use Google like everyone else to find out what they mean

By: Ken Puls

Ken Puls — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 20:35:00 +0000

Dick, there’s a compelling reason to upgrade to 2007. It’s not there any more. Look how much it will enhance your productivity!

By: jeffrey weir

jeffrey weir — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 20:33:00 +0000

There’s a right click menu? Well, whaddayaknow. “Look up” isn’t in my excel 2007 right click menu, but somehow like you I manage to turn it on sereval times a week accidentally. I never noticed the ‘Pick from dropdown list’ option before… Instant overridable data verification. Might possibly be helpful.