I have inherited a spreadsheet where items are cut and pasted on to the
invoice.

I'd like to improve this by using drop down lists.

Going across i have the following column headings

Quantity - Description - Sales Code - Price - Line Total

What I want is to be able to pick the description and have the sales code
and price (where applicable) filled in automatically.

can anyone give me some pointers as the best way to proceed.

Cheers

Build a list of the values you want in each drop down.
Click in the cell you want the Drop Down to appear in, then go to:

From the menu select, Data, Validation, and List.

Refer the list to the cells you've already populated.

--
Dave Eade
EPCS Ltd
www.EPCS.me.uk



"gibbylinks" wrote:

I have inherited a spreadsheet where items are cut and pasted on to the
invoice.

I'd like to improve this by using drop down lists.

Going across i have the following column headings

Quantity - Description - Sales Code - Price - Line Total

What I want is to be able to pick the description and have the sales code
and price (where applicable) filled in automatically.

can anyone give me some pointers as the best way to proceed.

Cheers

Thanks Dave,

I have all the information there.

I have my dropdown list for description, but how do I get the sales_code and
prices to appear in their relevant columns when I select the description from
the dropdown list ?

"Dave Eade" wrote:

Build a list of the values you want in each drop down.
Click in the cell you want the Drop Down to appear in, then go to:

From the menu select, Data, Validation, and List.

Refer the list to the cells you've already populated.

--
Dave Eade
EPCS Ltd
www.EPCS.me.uk



"gibbylinks" wrote:

I have inherited a spreadsheet where items are cut and pasted on to the
invoice.

I'd like to improve this by using drop down lists.

Going across i have the following column headings

Quantity - Description - Sales Code - Price - Line Total

What I want is to be able to pick the description and have the sales code
and price (where applicable) filled in automatically.

can anyone give me some pointers as the best way to proceed.

Cheers

Look in the help index for VLOOKUP

--
Don Guillett
Microsoft MVP Excel
SalesAid Software

"gibbylinks" wrote in message
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Thanks Dave,

I have all the information there.

I have my dropdown list for description, but how do I get the sales_code
and
prices to appear in their relevant columns when I select the description
from
the dropdown list ?

"Dave Eade" wrote:

Build a list of the values you want in each drop down.
Click in the cell you want the Drop Down to appear in, then go to:

From the menu select, Data, Validation, and List.

Refer the list to the cells you've already populated.

--
Dave Eade
EPCS Ltd
www.EPCS.me.uk



"gibbylinks" wrote:

I have inherited a spreadsheet where items are cut and pasted on to the
invoice.

I'd like to improve this by using drop down lists.

Going across i have the following column headings

Quantity - Description - Sales Code - Price - Line Total

What I want is to be able to pick the description and have the sales
code
and price (where applicable) filled in automatically.

can anyone give me some pointers as the best way to proceed.

Cheers