You could use Data|Validation and =vlookup().

Put the list in sheet2, column A. Put the description in sheet2, column B.

Then if your cell is A1 (of sheet1), you can put this in B1:

=if(a1="","",vlookup(a1,sheet2!a:b,2,false))

If you've never used =vlookup(), visit Debra Dalgleish's site:
http://www.contextures.com/xlFunctions02.html
for nice instructions.

And for Data|Validation:
http://www.contextures.com/xlDataVal01.html

Issuesinmonument wrote:

I want to select an item in a scroll list or drop down box and by selecting a
specific item in that list have excell proform a different function. For
example: I have a list of numbers that each represent a discription. I want
to select the number from the list and have excell paste the description for
that number in a different box. I want each different number to have a
different description.

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Dave Peterson