I originally wrote this post when the feature wasn't available, and it contains info on an add-in I developed called List Search, that allows you to search drop down lists in cells. If you are NOT on the latest version of Excel for Microsoft 365, then the add-in will still be a gr...
You have some control over how viligant Excel will be. I hate when machines try to pretend that they are smarter than me. What if some day, your company has grown and it really is valid to have a rep #51? If you change the Style from Stop to Warning, then Excel will discourage th...
Adapting the appearance of drop-down lists in Excel The appearance of drop-down lists in Excel can also be adapted. This is done like with any other cell so you start by right-clicking the cell containing the drop-down list. Then selectFormat Cellsin the context menu, where you will be ...
Sometimes, we need to enter some sequence values in order in Excel cells. We can drag the fill handle to fill the cells with the default values in Excel, such as Sun, Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat. But if you need to use other sequence values again and again, you can create your...
Select any of the cells or the whole data range where you want to create the drop-down list. On the Excel Ribbon, go to Data > Data Tools group > Data Validation > Data Validation In the Data Validation dialog box, choose List from the field: Allow. Source will be displayed. Click...
Using Multiple Linked Drop-Down Lists in Excel As you can see, this is a very cool way to make your spreadsheets much more dynamic. By filling in subsequent drop-down lists in response to what usersselect in other cells, you can make your spreadsheets far more responsive to users, and th...
Compare Two Columns in Excel and Remove Duplicates Steps: Select the dataset. Go to the Conditional Formatting section. Choose Duplicate Values from the Highlight Cells Rules. Choose a color to indicate the duplicates. The color of cells containing duplicate data has been changed. Press Ctrl + ...
Advanced Techniques for Cross Referencing Multiple Lists in Excel For more complex cross referencing tasks involving multiple lists, you may need to use advanced techniques such as array formulas or pivot tables. Array formulas allow you to perform calculations on multiple cells at once, while pivot...
(the first months of quarters 1 and 2), then select the two cells and drag, and Excel will continue to fill with Jul and Oct (the first months of quarters 3 and 4). You can enter two months in reverse order (Dec and Nov below), select the two months, then drag to fill in ...
And again, we need to tell Excel where to find that data in Table 1. In our example, that's cells B2 to F4. Don't forget to press F4 after you've referenced these cells. Then, add a comma, a 0, and close the two parentheses together. Finally, press Enter. ...