Monday, October 13, 2014

How to create drop down menu in MS Excel?

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Have got some time again to write for you all. I would like to share with you that in Excel we can create a drop down menu by using the "Data Validation" tools available under the Data ribbon.

Step 1: Create the list of items which you would like to put in the "Drop Down" list.

Step 2: Click "Data Validation" in the Data Ribbon and then select "List" from the drop down. This will pop out a "Data Validation" dialog box. In this you have to locate the list of items in the Source cell which you would like to bring in the drop down menu.
And that's it!! You have drop down menu in the selected cell. Now which ever item from the list you want you can select.

This feature helps you a lot when you want to choose an item from different options. If you allow users to populate the same, there may not be any uniqueness on that. And further it will be difficult for you to apply selections etc.






For more information on how to do this, please get in touch with me at Samrat.biswaas@gmail.com 

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Samrat Biswas, Six Sigma (Green Belt), MOS Excel Expert 2013, ITIL 2011 Foundation
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