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Help with Drop Down Boxes within cells

  Asked By: Egidius    Date: Feb 15    Category: MS Office    Views: 708
  

question regarding creating
drop-down boxes in cells.
The boxes will all have the same list of text items.
This box must appear in 100 or more cells in the same worksheet.

Is there a cut/paste or copy option to easily set the drop down list
and contents into many cells - quickly?

This sheet is used to track shipping progress of shipments sent by
truck. I am monitoring locations/progress of 20-30 trailers each day.

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3 Answers Found

 
Answer #1    Answered By: Shirley Allen     Answered On: Feb 15

Create the list  of items  to appear in the dropdown list in a range (could be on
another sheet.) Select all the cells  in the range, then assign the range a name
(Insert >> Name >> Define). Assume you named the range TheList. Select the first
cell which should display the list as a dropdown box. Select Data >> Validation.
On the Settings tab of the Data Validation dialog that appears, select List in
the Allows dropdown box. In the Source textbox, enter =TheList and click OK.
This creates the dropdown based on the named range. You can copy & paste this
cell; wherever you paste it will have the same dropdown list. This also lets you
maintain the list in one place: the named range (TheList).

 
Answer #2    Answered By: Myrna Brown     Answered On: Feb 15

Thanks for the clear explanation. As usual, I learned
something new from ExcelVBA today!

 
Answer #3    Answered By: Reginald Thomas     Answered On: Feb 15

I believe you can also select a range of cells  (including an entire
column / row) THEN do the select Validation setup from the menu.

Selecting Validation from the menu should bring up a mini-wizard
where you can select the list-range, default cell as well as error
messages should the user violate your guidelines.

 
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