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I have a list of manufacturers that I want to put in a dropdown menu. I want one menu with the letters of the alphabet in it and a second menu which will be dependant on the 1st depending on the letter. If I then select say 'M' then only those manufacturers beginning with 'M' will be displayed. I can do this OK but I wanted to split the manufacturers into 26 groups each in there own letter of the alphabet group and name each group as A, B, C etc. Why cant I call a group 'C'. I can call a group 'A' or 'B' OK but when I try to call it 'C' or 'c' it says the name in invalid? I think it does this with certain other letters as well. Can anyone tell me why. -- grahammal ------------------------------------------------------------------------ grahammal's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=20336 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=538012 |
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Thanx for that young sir. Have called the groups Aa, Bb, Cc etc instead. -- grahammal ------------------------------------------------------------------------ grahammal's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=20336 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=538012 |
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Dropdown Menu
You seem to have an answer to your problem. But perhaps you can do this, if
I understand correctly, and it will eliminate the need of a second drop down. With your manufacturers list sorted in alphabetic order, put a single A at the start of the A's, B at the start of the B's ... all the way down the list to Z. (You may have to adjust the Source range in the Data Validation box to accommodate the extra list length.) To call the W list of manufacturers, type a single W into the drop down box and DO NOT hit enter. Now click on the drop down arrow and there is the W list. Now, you can hit enter after typing in a letter, but you will then have to reselect the drop down cell, so it saves a step. HTH Regards, Howard "grahammal" wrote in message ... I have a list of manufacturers that I want to put in a dropdown menu. I want one menu with the letters of the alphabet in it and a second menu which will be dependant on the 1st depending on the letter. If I then select say 'M' then only those manufacturers beginning with 'M' will be displayed. I can do this OK but I wanted to split the manufacturers into 26 groups each in there own letter of the alphabet group and name each group as A, B, C etc. Why cant I call a group 'C'. I can call a group 'A' or 'B' OK but when I try to call it 'C' or 'c' it says the name in invalid? I think it does this with certain other letters as well. Can anyone tell me why. -- grahammal ------------------------------------------------------------------------ grahammal's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=20336 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=538012 |
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