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Default Get rid of empty cells when displaying Data validation list

Thank you Dave P.

I guess it means giving up the sort feature when I add new sub-types.

I will consider this.

"Dave Peterson" wrote in message
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I would rearrange my data so that I had:

ColA ColB (subtype1) colC(Next subtype) etc....
Type1 sub-type1 sub-type10
Type2 sub-type2 sub-type11
Type3 sub-type3 sub-type12
sub-type4 sub-type13
sub-type14


Then I could use the techniques at Debra's site:
http://www.contextures.com/xlDataVal02.html
for dependent lists.




mbeauchamp wrote:

Thanks Dave P.

Not really, althouth I do add occasionnally some types or sub-types, but
this is not my concern here.
What I am trying to do is to get my Data validation list of Types to
appear
consecutively without the blank cells in between. I am using a Range name
to
define my list of Types, and I am using the INDIRECT() function in my
validation to point to my list of types which is on a separate sheet.

Here is what my validation list looks like:
Col A Col B
------ ------
Type1
Sub-type1
Sub-type2
Sub-type3
Sub-type4
Type2
Sub-type10
Sub-type11
Type3
Sub-type20
Sub-type21
etc...

When I enter data and I click the arrow to see the valid Type entries, I
would like to see my entries without showing the blank cells between each
type:
Type1
Type2
Type3
etc...

I hope this will clarify.
Michel

"Dave Peterson" wrote in message
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Is this because you've reserved extra rows so that you can plop in
additional
entries without worring about changing the data|validation list.

If yes, you may want to consider naming your range and use the
techniques
at
Debra Dalgleish's site:
http://www.contextures.com/xlNames01.html#Dynamic

You can create this dynamic range name that will grow and expand based
on
the
number of entries in the list.

mbeauchamp wrote:

My Data Validation list includes empty cells. I would like to get rid
of
those empty cells when this list is displayed when I click the arrow
to
show
the valid entries.

Thanks

Michel

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