Hi Conan,

Ok ~ I figured out my other question and have found the way to have an
absolute formula copy. The result of the formula raises another question ~
it is formatted strangely. The cell that contains the formula uses a blue
underlined font rather than how I orginally had the cell formatted. Is there
a way to change that?

Thanks again!

"Conan Kelly" wrote:

lrb,

You can just use a formula to refer to the cell with the dropdown.

Lets say your drop down is in A1 and you want the choice selected in A1 to
display in B1:
in B1, enter the folowing formula:

=A1

Now B1 will always show the exact same thing in A1.......EXCEPT.........if
A1 is blank, then B1 will show 0 (zero). If you want B1 to appear blank as
well then use the following formula:

=if(A1="","",A1)

Also, B1 will automatically change every time A1 is changed.

HTH,

Conan




"lrb" wrote in message
...
I'm NOT proficient at Excel to say the least ... I have created a dropdown
box and want the choice selected in that cell to be pasted into another
cell
within the same worksheet automatically. Is this possible? Can you
explain
in VERY simple steps? Thank you! :)