Displaying Result from Drop-Down Box in Seperate Cell...Can it be done?
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I have an Excel Spreadsheet, with a drop-down box linked to a worksheet within the workbook. The worksheet contains two columns of data. 1st column is a 5 digit number, the second column is an alpha numeric description which corresponds to that number. I would like to be able to select the alpha numeric description within the workbook, and this then looks up the corresponding 5 digit number and displays it in a cell on a different worksheet but within the same workbook. The drop-down list is the easy part! I have two columns of listdata set-up which are linked to the the drop down list this works well but the text size is too small, and i want the numeric part to autmatically show elsewhere in the workbook. The output cell is on the same page as the drop-down the whole reason for this is that i can't change the text size for the drop-down list, the form needs to be printed as part of our work procedures, so the text size is important in the scheme of things. If i can output the result to a seperate cell then i should be able to format this to match shouldnt i? Any advice is greatly appreciated. Thanks Chris -- Message posted via http://www.officekb.com |
Displaying Result from Drop-Down Box in Seperate Cell...Can it be done?
If you want to show the value from one cell in another cell, then you can
link the cells. =A1 placed in D1 would show the value displayed in A1. Beyond that, it is unclear what you are asking. Read your own posting and see what you think. -- Regards, Tom Ogilvy "chris hewitt via OfficeKB.com" wrote in message ... Hi I have an Excel Spreadsheet, with a drop-down box linked to a worksheet within the workbook. The worksheet contains two columns of data. 1st column is a 5 digit number, the second column is an alpha numeric description which corresponds to that number. I would like to be able to select the alpha numeric description within the workbook, and this then looks up the corresponding 5 digit number and displays it in a cell on a different worksheet but within the same workbook. The drop-down list is the easy part! I have two columns of listdata set-up which are linked to the the drop down list this works well but the text size is too small, and i want the numeric part to autmatically show elsewhere in the workbook. The output cell is on the same page as the drop-down the whole reason for this is that i can't change the text size for the drop-down list, the form needs to be printed as part of our work procedures, so the text size is important in the scheme of things. If i can output the result to a seperate cell then i should be able to format this to match shouldnt i? Any advice is greatly appreciated. Thanks Chris -- Message posted via http://www.officekb.com |
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