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Hi all, I have spreadsheet set up that uses several drop down boxes. Is there any way to get these to autocomplete - ie when I start typing letters into the drop down box it will fill in the rest of the possible name for me? Thanks for any advice Carl -- mr_teacher ------------------------------------------------------------------------ mr_teacher's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=34352 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=550796 |
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You can do it if you used the combobox from the control toolbox toolbar.
What did you use to create the dropdown boxes? mr_teacher wrote: Hi all, I have spreadsheet set up that uses several drop down boxes. Is there any way to get these to autocomplete - ie when I start typing letters into the drop down box it will fill in the rest of the possible name for me? Thanks for any advice Carl -- mr_teacher ------------------------------------------------------------------------ mr_teacher's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=34352 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=550796 -- Dave Peterson |
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Dave Peterson Wrote: You can do it if you used the combobox from the control toolbox toolbar. What did you use to create the dropdown boxes? HI Dave, I used data validation to create the drop dow lists. Not too sure on how to use comboboxes to perform this function to be honest!!! Carl -- mr_teacher ------------------------------------------------------------------------ mr_teacher's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=34352 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=550796 |
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Debra Dalgleish has done most of the work for you. Visit her site for instructions on DV using Combo Box. http://www.contextures.on.ca/xlDataVal10.html Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP On Sun, 11 Jun 2006 11:43:26 -0500, mr_teacher wrote: Dave Peterson Wrote: You can do it if you used the combobox from the control toolbox toolbar. What did you use to create the dropdown boxes? HI Dave, I used data validation to create the drop dow lists. Not too sure on how to use comboboxes to perform this function to be honest!!! Carl |
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Thanks for the link Gord - that seems to be what I am after and I'll have a good go at them! Can these drop down lists as combo boxes be used to create dependant lists as described in other parts of the article? Carl -- mr_teacher ------------------------------------------------------------------------ mr_teacher's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=34352 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=550796 |
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The combobox shows what's in the data validation list for the selected
cell. So, if you set up dependent data validation, it will be displayed in the combobox. There's an example he http://www.contextures.com/excelfiles.html Under data Validation, look for 'Dependent Data Validation Combobox' mr_teacher wrote: Thanks for the link Gord - that seems to be what I am after and I'll have a good go at them! Can these drop down lists as combo boxes be used to create dependant lists as described in other parts of the article? -- Debra Dalgleish Contextures http://www.contextures.com/tiptech.html |
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Thanks a lot for that Debra - I'll give it a go!! Carl -- mr_teacher ------------------------------------------------------------------------ mr_teacher's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=34352 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=550796 |
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