can you make a cell value required?
I am sending a excel spreadsheet out to my end users to collect business related data. I'd like to make a cell value required, is this possible? If answer to question asked in column F is "YES", make column E a required. Can this be done using excel? -- nishapurohit ------------------------------------------------------------------------ nishapurohit's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=30983 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=506582 |
can you make a cell value required?
I'd use column G:
=if(f2<"yes","","Please answer the question in column E!") Format it in nice big bold red letters. nishapurohit wrote: I am sending a excel spreadsheet out to my end users to collect business related data. I'd like to make a cell value required, is this possible? If answer to question asked in column F is "YES", make column E a required. Can this be done using excel? -- nishapurohit ------------------------------------------------------------------------ nishapurohit's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=30983 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=506582 -- Dave Peterson |
can you make a cell value required?
Once you've got your answer you can write a macro that will run when the workbook is saved. Maybe not the most succinct method, but the only one I know: In 'ThisWorkbook' write: Private Sub Workbook_BeforeSave(ByVal SaveAsUI As Boolean, Cancel As Boolean) If Cells(y1,6).value = "yes" then If Cells(y2,5).value = "" then MsgBox("Please enter value in cell y2,5) Cancel = True End If End If End Sub where y1 and y2 are the relevant rows. -- PipTT ------------------------------------------------------------------------ PipTT's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=30989 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=506582 |
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