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Default dropdown list to a page in worksheet

Jared,

Shall I say the second link is a continuation of the first link. If your
list of valid entries is in a **different workbook** and you follow the
instructions from link 1, you may get an error message "You may not use
references to other worksheets or workbooks for Data Validation criteria."
I did and I had to do a get around by using the instructions in link 2. It
may not be obvious to you until you try it. As I said in my first post, I
had to use INDIRECT() which was the second method stated in link 2.
Depending on your arrangement, you may or may not need link 2 for the fix.
I included it just in case.

Please look at link 1 and link 2 as part I and part II. If link 1 doesn't
help you at all, you can ignore link 2. You can also forget about link 2,
if you use ONE worksheet and not two workbooks.

I included the links for your reference as you mentioned drop down list.
That's all.

Epinn

"Jared" wrote in message
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Epinn,

I looked through both links, but i couldn't figure out exactly what
exactly was i suppose to see in the pages. The first link got me through

the
list, but the second link i did not understand at all how was connected to

my
situation

thanks

"Epinn" wrote:

Hi,

Since you used the term "drop down list," I would like to highlight the
following links. However, the purpose is for data entry/validation. I

am
not surprised if your approach may have to be something very different -

a
formula/procedure plus hyperlink? I'll let the experts fill in the

blank.

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/as...022151033.aspx

http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;211548


Please note that I had to use INDIRECT() in the case of referencing a
**different** workbook (as per the second link above).

Thank you for the question and I am sure I can learn something here.

Epinn

"Jared" wrote in message
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Hi,
I have a list of names in worksheet1
I have a Page for each name in Worksheet2
I need to creat a dropdown list in worksheet2 of names in worksheet1

which
will allow me to jump to his specific page.

how do i do this?

Thanks,
Jared