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Default permenent appearance of the drop down arrow when adding validation toa cell

hi all,

i'm building a spreadsheet for the user and i need to make all the
drop-down arrows to be shows so the user will know exacly where he can
pick his choice,
is it posible to have this option becaouse for now the only way to
show that there is an arrow is by placing the cursor on the cell,any
ideas?
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cannot think of anything else than colouring those cells...

or otherwise marking them...
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Default permenent appearance of the drop down arrow when adding validation

You could use comboboxes instead of data validation dropdowns. The arrows
will remain visible.

Debra Dalgleish's site has help on this:
http://www.contextures.on.ca/xlDataVal11.html

Hope this helps,

Hutch

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hi all,

i'm building a spreadsheet for the user and i need to make all the
drop-down arrows to be shows so the user will know exacly where he can
pick his choice,
is it posible to have this option becaouse for now the only way to
show that there is an arrow is by placing the cursor on the cell,any
ideas?

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