Since you're planning on using keystrokes anyway....
How about this:

With A1 selected

[Alt]+down_arrow........displays the dropdown list
Use arrow keys to select an item....Press [Enter]

Is that something you can work with?
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Regards,
Ron

XL2003, WinXP


"Eric" wrote:

There is a list of items in cell A1, such as
A and B
I would like to create a macro shortcut to change the value of cell A1, such
as
if I click Ctrl+Shift+A, then A will be selected in cell A1,
if I click Ctrl+Shift+B, then B will be selected in cell A1,

Does anyone have any suggestions on how to do it?
Thanks in advance for any suggestions
Eric