That was it exactly. Once I unchecked ignore blank under the settings tab,
it worked like a charm. I have blanks in there for when we add new
salespeople. Thanks for the help!

"Debra Dalgleish" wrote:

If there are blank cells in the Salespeople range, users will be able to
enter any value, without getting an error message.

If that's the problem, you could use a dynamic range as the list source.
There are instructions he

http://www.contextures.com/xlNames01.html


brodiemac wrote:
I'm using data validation for a drop down list in several sheets in a
workbook. I have them all accessing a list that is on worksheet one. Access
is through defining a name for the list called =salespeople. The problem is,
I can't get the Invalid Data Stop message to work. If I access the list
without the using the name =salespeople for the source and just use direct
cell references it works fine. Is this a glitch or by design?


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