Martha
Archive2 at MrExcel has a few examples of using VLOOKUP instead of IF.
To search MrExcel a little easier, go to www.AllTheWeb.com and change the language option to English. Type in Mrexcel followed by the subject of what your looking for, i.e.:
mrexcel vlookup
That should return pages from mrexcel's message board (archive or not), or if it only returns one, there should be the option for "more pages like this" which will return info from the message board specifically...
PS. Above discovery is due to Cory.
Aladin