The first part is very easy. You can use a Data Validation drop-down. It
allows users to pick entries from a pre-defined list. see:

http://www.contextures.com/xlDataVal01.html
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"angie" wrote:

hi,

i have created an excel spreadsheet that serves as a table (linked) for my
access database.
i want to prevent users from misentering data so i seek for two things:

first i want for each cell in column A users to be allowed to select only
from a list that i will create or, if possible from a table in access.
second i want to lock the programming of my spreadsheet (functions, list
data, etc.)

can you help me solve this problem?