Not quite automatic...
But you can use a table on that second sheet and a formula...
Create a new table (A1:Bx, say) on a different sheet.
Give the first column (A1:Ax) a nice name.
Use Data|Validation to create a dropdown list with those options as the choice.
Use a formula in the adjacent cell to retrieve the value in the adjacent column
in the table.
=if(a1="","",vlookup(a1,sheet2!a1:bx,2,false))
Debra Dalgleish has some notes about naming the range:
http://contextures.com/xlDataVal01.html#Name
And for using =vlookup():
http://www.contextures.com/xlFunctions02.html (for =vlookup())
and
http://contextures.com/xlFunctions02.html#Trouble
Leigh Anne wrote:
Can Excel 2003 recognize a name in a call in one workbook and then auto
populate the cells from the original worksheet by name recognition?
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Leigh Anne
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Dave Peterson