hi,

My sugestion is:

on an auxiliar column Z for eg. type on rows
1 - N/A
2 - 01/01/06
3
4
366 - 12/31/06

then difine the data validation list z1:z366

the final user could type any date between this range (jan-01 Dec31) or N/A
or still select on the list.

it works here.

hth
regards
Marcelo



"LPS" escreveu:

Thanks Marcelo, but that won't work... I guess I didn't explain fully. I
need the users to enter directly into the cell any one date out of a specific
year, as opposed to picking a date from a list. For example, the date could
be anything between 1 Jan/06 to 31 Dec/06. I have created a data validation
which restricts the cell entry to a date between those two but I also need
the user to be able to "over-ride" the date with "N/A", if circumstances
require it. I could leave the cell without any validation but that leaves
the cell open to anything being entered into it and I need to restrict it to
either any date within the given year or the characters "N/A".

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LPS


"Marcelo" wrote:

on the data validation chose for a list, define the range, and there put the
dates and N/A

hth
regards from Brazil
Marcelo

"LPS" escreveu:

I'm using Excel 2000 in Windows 2000. I would like to create a data
validation which allows 2 options: the first is a date that the user enters
and the second is the characters "N/A" if a date is not relevant. I know how
to restrict the entries to just dates or just text. My question is: Is it
possible to have both (or more than one) validation criteria at the same time
(as described above).?

Many thanks,
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LPS