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Advanced Data Validation
Dear all,
I wonder how can I type the first letter of a word in a cell which has data validation on a list of names. For example, the list of data is "Apple, Banana, Bicycle, Orange...". If I type "b" in the cell, the 1st word starting with "b" will appear i.e. Banana. Therefore I do not need to scroll the down the arrow to choose "Banana". Hope someone can give advice. Louis |
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Advanced Data Validation
Data|Validation doesn't work like this.
But you could use a combobox from the control toolbox toolbar to get this effect. wrote: Dear all, I wonder how can I type the first letter of a word in a cell which has data validation on a list of names. For example, the list of data is "Apple, Banana, Bicycle, Orange...". If I type "b" in the cell, the 1st word starting with "b" will appear i.e. Banana. Therefore I do not need to scroll the down the arrow to choose "Banana". Hope someone can give advice. Louis -- Dave Peterson |
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Advanced Data Validation
you could enter the list above the cells you are typing in the data,
then hide these rows. autocomplete will then do what you want. wrote: Dear all, I wonder how can I type the first letter of a word in a cell which has data validation on a list of names. For example, the list of data is "Apple, Banana, Bicycle, Orange...". If I type "b" in the cell, the 1st word starting with "b" will appear i.e. Banana. Therefore I do not need to scroll the down the arrow to choose "Banana". Hope someone can give advice. Louis |
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