Can anyone tell me what the role of the 'Validation' option in the dat
menu is?

is it

a) It checks the worksheet for errors in your formulae

or

B) It allows you to set the properties of certain cells so that
incorrect data cannot be entered and you are prompted with a message
about the 'allowed' contents of the cell/cells.

Thanks so much!


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Deadloss wrote...
Can anyone tell me what the role of the 'Validation' option in the dat
menu is?

is it

a) It checks the worksheet for errors in your formulae

or

B) It allows you to set the properties of certain cells so that
incorrect data cannot be entered and you are prompted with a message
about the 'allowed' contents of the cell/cells.

It's B, which online help states perhaps not clearly enough.

B)

Regards,
KL


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Can anyone tell me what the role of the 'Validation' option in the dat
menu is?

is it

a) It checks the worksheet for errors in your formulae

or

B) It allows you to set the properties of certain cells so that
incorrect data cannot be entered and you are prompted with a message
about the 'allowed' contents of the cell/cells.

Thanks so much!


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The answer is .b)

well sort of, it has many function, I like to use it to put a drop down
list in a cell, but it also does what you said, when properly set up it
enables you to restrict data that is entered in a cell.....e.g say you
wanted to restrict data to only numbers, in data validation you would
select "custom" from the drop down list and in the formula bar you'd
put something like this =ISNUMBER(A1), then you leave a message telling
people what kind of data to put in, when someone tries to enter text
your message appears.

HTH
JG


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Hi

Thanks for the help!! I really appreciate it.

I have a set of 15 questions to do (Uni work). I've worked my way
through most of them but I'm still stumped on 3 - This was one of them.
I've already posted another question and I have another I have yet to
post. If anyone would be so good as to have a look , I would be most
grateful.

GJ


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