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Hello. I'm picking Excel up as I go along. Am I right to deduce that if I
want combo boxes, I will have to have macros in the Workbook?
When I started trying to create a combo box (not very successfully yet I
might add), the next time I opened the Workbook I was prompted to 'enable
macros?'. My boss is macro-phobic.
Thanks in advance if you can help.
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They don't require macros, but you can do lots more things with them.

If you're looking for choosing items from a dropdown list, maybe data|validation
would be easier to implement.

Debra Dalgleish has lots of tips:
http://contextures.com/xlDataVal01.html

And if you're having trouble cleaning up those macros...

Debra Dalgleish shows how to clean up all the remnants of macros:
http://www.contextures.com/xlfaqMac.html#NoMacros

Alison KS wrote:

Hello. I'm picking Excel up as I go along. Am I right to deduce that if I
want combo boxes, I will have to have macros in the Workbook?
When I started trying to create a combo box (not very successfully yet I
might add), the next time I opened the Workbook I was prompted to 'enable
macros?'. My boss is macro-phobic.
Thanks in advance if you can help.


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