Sounds like you want second list items to be dependent upon the first list
selection.

See Debra Dalgleish's site for how-to.

http://www.contextures.on.ca/xlDataVal02.html

Also you seem to be describing some type of Autocomplete.

See Debra's site for that also.

http://www.contextures.on.ca/xlDataVal10.html


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

On Fri, 6 Feb 2009 08:32:18 -0800, Robzz
wrote:

I have 2 data validation cells I want the second cell to equal certain words
in the list if the first data validation cell is selected to certain words.
the key is there are a lot of names in the first list but I would like to
have it use a common word with all the names like mr or mrs to change the
second data cell instead of reffering to the whole name.