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Apr 12, 2006

How can I create a vlookup function to automatically retrieve phone numbers off switchboard.com using my current mailing list?

I have a list of more than 4,000 of my customers. I want to ad in phone numbers automatically. I currently have the first and last name in one column. The address, city, state and zip are all each in their own column.

I have never use vlookup before, nor have I ever used excel other than for data entry. What is the easiest and most efficient way to do this?

I searched this site and seen vlookup mentioned for this type of automatic data entry. There may be another way or method I am not aware of.

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Into a uniform layout? I would prefer ###-###-####

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