Excise Dropdown Text For Free

Drop down list auto populate with VLOOKUP function Select a blank cell that you want to auto populate the corresponding value. Copy and paste the below formula into into it, and then press the Enter key.From now on, when you select a name in the drop down list, E2 will be auto-populated with a specific score.

In your document, place your insertion point where you want to add the drop-down list. Next, select the ?Developer? menu. On the ?Developer? menu, in the ?Controls? group, click the ?Drop-Down List Content Control? icon (It looks like an actual drop-down icon.). You now have a drop-down list in your document.

Prompt users for valid entries Select the cells where you want to prompt users for valid data entries. On the Data tab, click Data Validation > Data Validation.On the Input Message tab, select the Show input message when cell is selected check box. In the Title box, type a title for your message.

Press Alt + Q keys simultaneously to close the Microsoft Visual Basic Applications window. From now on, when click on a drop down list cell, the drop down list will prompt automatically. You can start to type in the letter to make the corresponding item complete automatically in selected cell.

Click on the Data Validation button in the Data Tools group. This will open up the Data Validation menu on the Settings tab. In the Allow dropdown, select List fromt the options. In the Source input box, enter the name of your named range for the list source. Precede it with an equal sign (=).Press the OK button.

Place your cursor in the document where you want to add the drop-down list. Go to the Developer tab and click the Drop-Down List Content Control button. You'll see the control pop into your document as a box with ?Choose an item.? inside. You can then move onto setting up the list.

Select the cells with the drop-down list. Click Data >Data Validation. On the Settings tab, click Clear All.