Follow the steps below to create a drop-down list using data validation in Excel. If you want to add a message pop up, you can click the Input Message tab and check the checkbox for “Show input ...

In this article we will show you how to display multiple columns in a validation list in Excel. We will show you a method that can then be applied to your data. To create a validation list with ...

Excel drop-down lists, like those found on Web pages, help you view large amounts of data in a small area. They are also useful for limiting the choices an Excel spreadsheet user can make when editing ...

Advanced list solutions are easy thanks to Excel's Table object. If you need a dynamic list, try one of these techniques. The article Five ways to take advantage of Excel list features showed five ...

When multiple data variables are accommodated in a project, the time and spatial grids of those variables must be identical. As such, you must control the data other people enter. That’s when you need ...

Q: I have an Excel spreadsheet that I update weekly with our employees’ Actual Sales and Sales Goals. I manually insert a red circle to indicate those who did not reach their sales goal by more than a ...

If you use simple copy and paste methods to duplicate an Excel drop-down list, you may discover a problem; when you copy a cell that has a drop-down list and press "Ctrl-V" to paste it into a new cell ...

I began writing this series of blogs on Excel for Microcontroller Central. When it was shut down, Brad Albing (then editor of Planet Analog) agreed to copy the existing database across as a base for ...