Matching One Column Data with Another in Excel. If you don't have a keen eye and a perfect memory, you probably can't spot all the differences between two data columns in a large worksheet.

VLOOKUP and Search are two functions that Excel uses to search for text. VLOOKUP finds data in a column and returns the contents of an adjacent cell.

Combine INDEX and MATCH: Use MATCH to find the row or column number and INDEX to retrieve the value at that position.

Filters are great tools, but you can't remove specific items from the results. When you need to do this, try Find All in Excel instead.