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I want to have a drop down on a worksheet populate from another worksheet in
the same workbook. The Help instructions tell me that it can be down but
when I follow the instructions I get a message telling me it can't be done.
Very confusing. Does anyone know which is right?
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It can be done, as long as you name the range that contains the list or
items. There are instructions he

http://www.contextures.com/xlDataVal01.html

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I want to have a drop down on a worksheet populate from another worksheet in
the same workbook. The Help instructions tell me that it can be down but
when I follow the instructions I get a message telling me it can't be done.
Very confusing. Does anyone know which is right?



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Watch this 5 minute video:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=t2OsWJijrOM

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I want to have a drop down on a worksheet populate from another worksheet
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the same workbook. The Help instructions tell me that it can be down but
when I follow the instructions I get a message telling me it can't be
done.
Very confusing. Does anyone know which is right?



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