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I am creating a drop down list with three items in it. I would like for each
item to have it's own color. Is this possible?
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Not possible within the dropdown.

You can color the cell after the choice is made using Conditional
Formatting.


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On Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:39:02 -0800, TroyB wrote:

I am creating a drop down list with three items in it. I would like for each
item to have it's own color. Is this possible?


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