If you only have a "few" selections:

A1 = drop down list

=IF(A1="Ideal Client",3,IF(A1="Handholding",2,IF(A1="Not Ideal",1,"")))

If you have many selections then you should create a lookup table:

http://contextures.com/xlFunctions02.html

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Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP


"Unieeban" wrote in message
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In my excel project, I've created a drop down menu in one cell. In the
adjacent cell, I want to have answers automatically generated when you
choose
one of the choices in the drop down menu. For example, in the drop down
menu
I have:

DROP DOWN MENU SCORE
Ideal Client 3
Handholding 2
Not Ideal 1

If I chose Ideal Client from the drop menu, I want the next cell to
automatically give the score of 3. How can I do this?