Lists - HELP!!
Okay I am new to excell bar drawing little spreadsheets to do my own financing.
I am currently setting up a sheet and need the users to be able to select from a list of options only and not input thier own text - does that make sense? also i ahve 12 names on the list and one master with all on - would like the data entered on to a names list to be automatically entered onto the master or vice versa which ever is easiest. sorry if this sounds jumbled but i am totally lost and this has to look really hot for work! regards Kelly - England |
Hi Kerry, don't know a great deal on forms etc but thought I'd try seen as you haven't had a reply.. This is the most simple way that I can see to do it, there's probably a better way though. If you put your list of names in the first column, make sure its got a header too in the first row, just call it Names or something, and then click one of the names, go to DataForms The list will then come up in the forms window, you can scroll through them using Next and Previous, and you can add names to the list by clicking New, then just type the name in and press enter. you need the forms box open all the time to view the list though. If you want you can select the rows with the names in and hide them so it looks a bit cleaner, when you open the forms box (Dataforms) you need to have either the header or one of the names selected, so if the rows are hidden you'll need to select the header. Hope this helps, let me know if it does or not, I'll keep on looking into it. Mark. (also England) -- saybut ------------------------------------------------------------------------ saybut's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...fo&userid=5949 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=395307 |
For your first need, try Data Validation:
http://www.officearticles.com/excel/...soft_excel.htm I don't know about your second. ************ Anne Troy www.OfficeArticles.com "Kelly" wrote in message ... Okay I am new to excell bar drawing little spreadsheets to do my own financing. I am currently setting up a sheet and need the users to be able to select from a list of options only and not input thier own text - does that make sense? also i ahve 12 names on the list and one master with all on - would like the data entered on to a names list to be automatically entered onto the master or vice versa which ever is easiest. sorry if this sounds jumbled but i am totally lost and this has to look really hot for work! regards Kelly - England |
You can use Data Validation to create dropdown lists of options. There
are instructions in Excel's Help, and he http://www.contextures.com/xlDataVal01.html It would be easiest to just have a master list, and keep all the information on one sheet. Then, use filters or pivot tables to view the data for one or more names. There's information on both topics in Excel's Help, and he http://www.contextures.com/xlautofilter01.html http://peltiertech.com/Excel/Pivots/pivotstart.htm Kelly wrote: Okay I am new to excell bar drawing little spreadsheets to do my own financing. I am currently setting up a sheet and need the users to be able to select from a list of options only and not input thier own text - does that make sense? also i ahve 12 names on the list and one master with all on - would like the data entered on to a names list to be automatically entered onto the master or vice versa which ever is easiest. sorry if this sounds jumbled but i am totally lost and this has to look really hot for work! regards Kelly - England -- Debra Dalgleish Excel FAQ, Tips & Book List http://www.contextures.com/tiptech.html |
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