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I need some help finding where to start learning VLOOKUP using Jaws screen reader. quick keys, knowing how to call / reference other worksheets in the formula, and some general guidance.

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  1. May 2, 2024, 4:45 PM

    Hi, @Luke Husfloen. If you have the basic Excel knowledge, it's just learning the format of the formula, which you can find in a lot of tutorials that give you the explanation in text. If you need to learn Excel with a screen reader, Freedom Scientific has a free webinar on their site (https://www.freedomscientific.com/webinars/microsoft-excel-with-jaws-webinar/).

     

    Microsoft's documentation on VLOOKUP is pretty good. It puts the formula into "words" so you can understand it in all it's parts (https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/vlookup-function-0bbc8083-26fe-4963-8ab8-93a18ad188a1).

     

    The only tricky thing to deal with is if you are selecting cells from another tab or another sheet, and in that case I would just tell you in that other sheet or tab, make sure your cursor is at the start of where you want to select for your VLOOKUP before you begin. Then you aren't fumbling around with it.

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