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Excel, drop down lists

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Mar 15, 20262847 views
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When I created custom drop down lists in excel, my excel sheets don't trim down to a smaller list when I start typing in the drop down list cell. For example if my drop down list is for USA States [AL...WY] and I type the character 'N' why doesn't my down down list give me a subset of options [...N…

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Fix for: Excel, drop down lists

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That's because that's not how data validation works in excel. You need to use an active X control. Refer to the Contextures data validation page in general and her ComboBox Data Validation and ComboBox Depend examples in particular. Update If you do…

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