Can I write an Excel macro to find product info based on a SKU?

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My coworker wants to create an invoice template in Excel 2007. In column 1, he wants to be able to put in a SKU like '000293954'[1], and when he hits tab, have the other columns fill in a matching description and price. There would be a bunch of different SKUs and information.

Has anybody done this type of thing with a macro before? Any advice?

(I have programming experience with Javascript, PHP, and Ruby, but have never written a macro.)

[1] The input wouldn't be typed - he'd use a wedge barcode scanner that inputs just like it was typed. Not that it matters for this question.

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