*Uncheck* the "Show error alert" that's in the "Error Alert" tab of the Data
Validation dialog box.
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HTH,

RD
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"RT" wrote in message
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Normally when you create a named validation list that contains a blank line,
you can choose from the list or enter anything at all because of the blank.
I have a scenario where I am using an indirect validation list based on the
entry in the cell next to it. The named list contains a blank entry but you
get an error message when you try and enter something that is not on the
list
even though their is a blank line contained in the named validation list.
For example, validation list is called employee_profile. If I do "normal"
validation using the formula =employee_profile for my validation list, I can
select from the list or type anything as there is a blank line in the list.
If I do indirect validation using this formula =INDIRECT(SUBSTITUTE($a1,"
","_")), where $a1 = employee profile, I cannot enter a value that is not on
the list, even though there is a blank line in the list.
Can anyone help?