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Using Validation

So, you want to choose from a combo box but do not really want to use code to do it. There is a cool way to do it in Excel with Validation.

Here is a cool “movie” I recorded in Snag-it to show you how easy it is.

AVI movie of Validation example

Note: This AVI file is 26 MB and should probably be downloaded before running.


The only limitation is that the lookup list must be on the same sheet.

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Updated:  11/16/2009 23:41
This page added:  17 December 2007