Why not just apply a color to them?

Hit <F5 and click "Special".
Click on "Data Validation", then <OK.

This selects all the DV cells.
Then, while they're *still* selected, just click on the "Fill Color" icon on
the tool bar, and choose a *nice* color.
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HTH,

RD

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"Bob Slater" wrote in message
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I have a data sheet that I want sales reps to fill out, I have provided
them
with drop down lists to select dates and product information. When I open
the
sheet the fields with the drop down boxes just look like every other cell
on
the sheet. Is there a way to flag the cell to indicate that they contain a
drop down list? Or at least show the arrow to indicate thar a drop down
exists.