Use a userform:

http://j-walk.com/ss/excel/tips/tip84.htm

http://www.contextures.on.ca/xlUserForm01.html


See this tutorial here
http://www.dicks-blog.com/excel/2004...g_userfor.html

http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;829070
How to use Visual Basic for Applications examples to control UserForms in
Microsoft Excel


XL97: How to Use a UserForm for Entering Data (Q161514)
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=161514

XL2000: How to Use a UserForm for Entering Data (Q213749)
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=213749


http://support.microsoft.com/kb/213574/en-us
XL2000: How to Display a UserForm Whose Name Is in a Variable

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/207714/en-us
XL2000: Run-Time Errors Using UserForms Collection


Here are some other sources of information:

http://www.microsoft.com/ExcelDev/Articles/sxs11pt1.htm
Lesson 11: Creating a Custom Form
Excerpted from Microsoft® Excel 97 Visual Basic® Step by Step.


http://support.microsoft.com/?id=168067
File Title: Microsoft(R) Visual Basic(R) for Applications Examples for
Controlling UserForms in Microsoft Excel 97
File Name: WE1163.EXE
File Size: 161742 bytes
File Date: 05/08/97
Keywords: kbfile
Description: This Application Note is an introduction to manipulating
UserForms in Microsoft Excel 97. It includes examples and Microsoft Visual
Basic for Applications macros that show you how to take advantage of the
capabilities of UserForms and use each of the ActiveX controls that are
available for UserForms


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Regards,
Tom Ogilvy


"YuXuan-ji" wrote:

Hi,
I'd like to have the macro I'm creating allow people to pick a value from a
list as the input. It could be number or string. I don't think the normal
InputBox can do this. So what's the solution?

Thanks