Dropdowns and lookup function

underdog387

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I currently have a spreadsheet that I am using 2 dropdowns with the Lookup function to pull information from 2 other sheets in the workbook. the first item in the dropdown and the 18th and beyond items in both dropdowns work correctly, however items 2-17 pull the wrong information. I am using another spreadsheet that uses the same format as I am using, anf it works properly.
 

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If you look at the picture, there are 7 fields that pull information from the other sheets based on what what was picked in the dropdown. Each dropdown was reading from a different page. I put them all on one page so I could see what was happening. As you can see from this newer picture, I had to have a column with what was showing in the dropdowns and also add one that had the same info in it, but the rest had to be in "alphabetical/numerical" order for Excel to read it properly. Once I did that, everything was reading correctly and don't have any errors now. https://www.dropbox.com/s/nqrqhmkfnhomxr4/Excel Help2.JPG?dl=0
If that didn't make sense, lemme know and I'll try breaking down what didn't make sense.
 
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