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hi members,

i used data validation on my data consists of more
than 6000 rows when i clicked on circle invalidation entries there was
message(your worksheet contains more than 255 invalid cells.only the
first 255 cell will be marked) how can i increase that limit of 255
cells.


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I doubt that you can change this. I searched around and cannot find a
reference to the limit. But 255 is a typical 8-bit counter limit and I
suspect that they are keeping count with an 8-bit counter.

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hi members,

i used data validation on my data consists of more
than 6000 rows when i clicked on circle invalidation entries there was
message(your worksheet contains more than 255 invalid cells.only the
first 255 cell will be marked) how can i increase that limit of 255
cells.


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