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For example, if I had a column "Favorite Fruit" but wanted to limit the value
to apple, orange, banana, pear, mango - is that possible?
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See Debra Dalgleish's website for instructions on Data Validation:
http://www.contextures.com/xlDataVal01.html

Does that help?
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For example, if I had a column "Favorite Fruit" but wanted to limit the value
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YES! This is perfect, thanks so much.

"Ron Coderre" wrote:

See Debra Dalgleish's website for instructions on Data Validation:
http://www.contextures.com/xlDataVal01.html

Does that help?
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Ron

XL2002, WinXP


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For example, if I had a column "Favorite Fruit" but wanted to limit the value
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Yup, use the data menu, then validation - set it to list and either
type the list or reference it - the reference must be on the same
worksheet UNLESS it's a named range which can be anywhere!
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For example, if I had a column "Favorite Fruit" but wanted to limit the value
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