Don't know what you mean John, if I hit the spacebar I get an error.

I do get the ability to hit backspace and clear it, but that can also be
trapped with

=AND(ISNUMBER(J10),LEN(trim(J10))0)

and uncheck Ignore Blank, but this does not force some entry.

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Bob Phillips

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"John" wrote in message
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Thanks Bob, not quite what I require in that if I hit the space bar to
remove the input value it leaves ' in the cell and that causes me
problems,
I thought by having 2 validations it would work

Some users are clearing the cell via space bar, instead of the delete key,
or clear contents



"Bob Phillips" wrote in message
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How about

=AND(J10<"",ISNUMBER(J10))

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"John" wrote in message
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I have the following Data Validation in a cell using the "Custom"
validation

=J10<""

This only allows input if there is a value in J10. How would I also
include
within this validation a requirement for the user to enter only values
(which may include decimal places)? The problem I am encountering at
the
moment is that some users are hitting the space bar to change/remove
figures
and this is causing problems within a separate export sheet I have, as
it
interprets the values entered as "Space" although visually it looks
blank

Thanks