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Drop Down list formatting
I have created a number of drop down lists using Data Validation on one
spreadsheet. According to all the 'help' I've been able to find "The Data Validation dropdown is the width of the cell that it's in". Except that in my spreadsheet it isn't. All the dropdowns are wider than the cell (about 3 times as wide). They work perfectly well but don't look good, overlapping adjacent columns and being far wider than necessary to accommodate the required data. Anyone know how I can change them so they are constrained by the width of the cell? Any help would be great. Thanks -- Ian |
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Drop Down list formatting
Go to Debra Dalgliesh's site & look for Data Validation & formatting in the
topics index http://www.contextures.com/ "Ian3103" wrote: I have created a number of drop down lists using Data Validation on one spreadsheet. According to all the 'help' I've been able to find "The Data Validation dropdown is the width of the cell that it's in". Except that in my spreadsheet it isn't. All the dropdowns are wider than the cell (about 3 times as wide). They work perfectly well but don't look good, overlapping adjacent columns and being far wider than necessary to accommodate the required data. Anyone know how I can change them so they are constrained by the width of the cell? Any help would be great. Thanks -- Ian |
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And there's a bit of information he
http://www.contextures.com/xlDataValwidth.html Duke Carey wrote: Go to Debra Dalgliesh's site & look for Data Validation & formatting in the topics index http://www.contextures.com/ "Ian3103" wrote: I have created a number of drop down lists using Data Validation on one spreadsheet. According to all the 'help' I've been able to find "The Data Validation dropdown is the width of the cell that it's in". Except that in my spreadsheet it isn't. All the dropdowns are wider than the cell (about 3 times as wide). They work perfectly well but don't look good, overlapping adjacent columns and being far wider than necessary to accommodate the required data. Anyone know how I can change them so they are constrained by the width of the cell? Any help would be great. Thanks -- Ian -- Debra Dalgleish Excel FAQ, Tips & Book List http://www.contextures.com/tiptech.html |
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I double checked the cell formatting and there were no merged cells in the
spreadsheet. I selected and the de-selected the merged cells option just to make sure. I then tried inserting a blank column in between the cells with data validation. And the same in the page containing the 'named ranges' that feed the lists. And....it seems to have worked. I've saved the changes, closed the file, and opened it again. And it still works. I can't pretend I know why but many thanks for helping me get there. Ian -- Ian "Debra Dalgleish" wrote: And there's a bit of information he http://www.contextures.com/xlDataValwidth.html Duke Carey wrote: Go to Debra Dalgliesh's site & look for Data Validation & formatting in the topics index http://www.contextures.com/ "Ian3103" wrote: I have created a number of drop down lists using Data Validation on one spreadsheet. According to all the 'help' I've been able to find "The Data Validation dropdown is the width of the cell that it's in". Except that in my spreadsheet it isn't. All the dropdowns are wider than the cell (about 3 times as wide). They work perfectly well but don't look good, overlapping adjacent columns and being far wider than necessary to accommodate the required data. Anyone know how I can change them so they are constrained by the width of the cell? Any help would be great. Thanks -- Ian -- Debra Dalgleish Excel FAQ, Tips & Book List http://www.contextures.com/tiptech.html |
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