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Excel - Vlookup & Hlookup

Vlookup & HLookup

Excel can use a function to lookup and retrieve data from a specific column or row within a table. Vlookup works to return back a column of data and Hlookup works to return a row of data instead, therefore the V stands for vertical lookup and the H, Horizontal lookup. 

Syntax

=Vlookup(Value, Table, Col_index, [Range_lookup])

Arguments

Value - The Value to look for in the first column of the table

Looping a Video or a Series of Videos on VLC media player

 

VLC media player

VLC is a free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework that plays most multimedia files as well as DVDs, Audio CDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols. One of the features that VLC can provide is the option to 'loop' or replay videos once they have finished playing so that they continue without any extra input from the user.

Looping a video

To loop a video first we need to open VLC media Player:

Adding an element to a chart/Graph

Adding Chart Elements

When creating charts/graphs in Excel you may find that some labels are not added by default and must be added manually or are in an unsuitable place. Excel also allows for modification of these labels, as well as their placement. In this example i'm going to amend a pie chart. If you are not sure how to create a pie chart, you can find a guide on chart creation here.