Data validation is the foundation of creating drop-down lists in Excel. By setting up data validation rules, you can create lists that automatically update as your data changes.

This comprehensive guide will walk you through the process of creating dependent drop-down lists in Excel, focusing on the use of named ranges, the INDIRECT function, and data validation techniques.

Here are four ways to express dates using data validation: literal values, input values, a list, and formulas. I’m using Excel 2016 (desktop) on a Windows 10 64-bit system.

Combine Excel’s list, AutoComplete, and data validation settings to reduce keystrokes and restrict entries to protect the validity of your data.

The Data Validation feature in Excel 2013 offers a List option to confine selections in a cell to a preconfigured series of values.

Microsoft Excel can save you time in lots of little ways, like adding a drop-down list to cells so that only pre-written text can be entered.

When you update this spreadsheet with new or different data, you won’t have to re-create the validation rule, but you will need to click Circle Invalid Data again. This tool would be useful to bring ...

Excel’s dropdown lists are rightly categorized under the Data Validation tab, as they not only streamline data entry but also enhance the reliability of your formulas.

Automated Data Entry in Excel. One way businesses can save time and money is using Excel spreadsheets as data tables in which to store customer information, inventory details or other important data.

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.