Dave, after you were confident i tried again, it worked. sorry for the
confusion.

"Dave Peterson" wrote:

That's odd. I've never had any trouble getting lots more than 47 values.

Are you sure you used the name in that data|validation dialog?

Keryun wrote:

I have done the same, though the range mentioned is large. it takes only
first 47 values in the range.

"Dave Peterson" wrote:

Try putting your list on a different worksheet, name that range and use that
range for the list.

Debra Dalgleish has some notes at:
http://www.contextures.com/xlDataVal01.html

There's a limit on how much you can type into that dialog.

Keryun wrote:

Menu Item Data - Validation has a limit of only 47 Values. why can't it take
more.

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