HOW DO I ENTER NAMES IN THE BOX LABELED COLUMN A, WHEN I TYPE A NAME IN IT,
IT SAYS IT MUST BE VALID DATA, CANT ANYTHING BE SIMPLE?

It sounds to me as though you might be trying to use a named range name, tho
I can't be sure. Here's how it's done if that's what you're wanting to do:
http://www.officearticles.com/excel/...soft_excel.htm

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Hope it helps!
Anne Troy
www.OfficeArticles.com

"jiggityjohnson" wrote in message
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HOW DO I ENTER NAMES IN THE BOX LABELED COLUMN A, WHEN I TYPE A NAME IN
IT,
IT SAYS IT MUST BE VALID DATA, CANT ANYTHING BE SIMPLE?

Hi Jiggity,
If you are trying to enter text into a cell to which somebody has
previously applied Data Validation that doesn't allow text then you
could receive the invalid data message you mention.
Select one of those cells then go DataValidation. If in the Allow box
of the Validation Criteria it shows "Any value" then data validation is
not the cause of your problem.
Ken Johnson