David
Thanks much---got it now.

"David McRitchie" wrote:

Hi Rick,
Look at the #catalog example on the page.
Suppose you had a table like the first table in the #catalog example
where you only brought in the Stock Numbers into the dropdown box.

Once the user has made a choice, the VLOOKUP can obtain the
description and a separate VLOOKUP can obtain the price based
on the Stock Number. value.

So you are reutilizing the same table -- if you used a table to
create your dropdown in the first place.
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HTH,
David McRitchie, Microsoft MVP - Excel [site changed Nov. 2001]
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"Rick" wrote in message ...
David
Thanks for the answer. Could I impose on you a little more. After looking
at the page you refered me to I am still lost. Any chance you could give me
an example of a formula?

"David McRitchie" wrote:

by using VLOOKUP see
http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/vlookup.htm

You can probably put that next to the employee name in the table
you use to create the dropdown, but you will still have to use
VLOOKUP..

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HTH,
David McRitchie, Microsoft MVP - Excel [site changed Nov. 2001]
My Excel Pages: http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/excel.htm
Search Page: http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/search.htm

"Rick" wrote in message ...
I have a column that has a drop down list of employee names (50ea).
I would like the cell in the next column to automaticaly insert the wage
rate for the emplyee name selected. How do I it ?