You could always re-create the DV when a user selects teh cell

Private Sub Worksheet_SelectionChange(ByVal Target As Range)

On Error GoTo ws_exit:
Application.EnableEvents = False
If Not Intersect(Target, Me.Range("C1:C10")) Is Nothing Then
With Target
With .Validation
.Delete
.Add Type:=xlValidateList, _
AlertStyle:=xlValidAlertStop, _
Operator:=xlBetween, _
Formula1:="=A1:A10"
.IgnoreBlank = True
.InCellDropdown = True
.InputTitle = ""
.ErrorTitle = ""
.InputMessage = ""
.ErrorMessage = ""
.ShowInput = True
.ShowError = True
End With
End With
End If

ws_exit:
Application.EnableEvents = True
End Sub

'This is worksheet event code, which means that it needs to be
'placed in the appropriate worksheet code module, not a standard
'code module. To do this, right-click on the sheet tab, select
'the View Code option from the menu, and paste the code in.



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HTH

Bob Phillips
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"Donager Dave" wrote in message
...
I like the Excel data validation tool, but it is lost if the user does a
paste of a range of cells. Is there a way to emultate this function in VBA.
If I use a form to do it, the form will steal the focus and the user can
only work on one cell at a time. BTW this is for 2000 version of the
program