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Bob Phillips Bob Phillips is offline
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Default reference to range names

Use a list of ranges, like M1:N10,O1:P10, etc. and a formula of

=VLOOKUP(B5,INDIRECT(D1),2,FALSE)

where D1 is the DV cell

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Bob Phillips

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"Duane" wrote in message
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Hi,

I have a drop down box that refers to named ranges. Depending on the name
that is picked in the drop down, I need to retrieve data from a named

range.
The range will change and I need to refer to the new range. The formula I

am
using is like this:

=VLOOKUP(B5,range,3,FALSE)

I want to change the "range" to a cell link where the name of the range I
want to use will be....which will change based on user selection.

Hope this makes sense.