Use datavalidationallowcustom and put in this formula
=ISNUMBER(MATCH(A1,$E$9:$E$39,0))
then type in the type of message you want under the error alert tab
this example assumes that A1 is the cell the user types the date into
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I need to validate an entry against a range of dates. For example, if
the user entered a date, that was not in the range E9:E39 the would get
a specified message: "Date is not found in the range." I tried using
datavalidation, but it would not accept the range.
Thanks in advance.
ep
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