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Ive been playing around the list command in validation and I was wondering if
there was a way to use ranges from 2 different worksheets to be the source to
select from. I've tried using the name box command to name the cells and
create a union, and that wont work, and something like the 3-D command wont
work because I've already programmed a few macro's that are referencing those
cells.
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Erik --

I've been trying to solve the same problem. The only way I could do it was
a fairly crude "brute force" work-around. On the page where I had the
validation function, I set aside (and hid if necessary) a section that
automatically copies ("=Sheet2!A1, etc.) the validation list from the other
worksheet. I set it up to copy a lot more cells than I have filled in on the
source worksheet, so that I can add to the validation list later and not have
to worry if I remember to update the list on the 'target' sheet. Then I use
the copy on the 'target' sheet as the data validation list.

It would be nice to see a more elegant solution -- hopefully both of us will
hear from someone smarter than me.

HTH

"Erik" wrote:

Ive been playing around the list command in validation and I was wondering if
there was a way to use ranges from 2 different worksheets to be the source to
select from. I've tried using the name box command to name the cells and
create a union, and that wont work, and something like the 3-D command wont
work because I've already programmed a few macro's that are referencing those
cells.

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