Excel 2007 addressed this shortcoming, you users no longer have to hunt for a safe place to position supporting lists for Data Validation on the same worksheet as the actual input is occurring.

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.

We’re going to combine the data validation control with the conditional formatting feature in order to apply a font color to the selected list value.

Use a Validation list to chose the correct item for your data in Excel. You have a data file that needs to be updated by either one or several different people. It would make their task and your ...

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.

Advanced list solutions are easy thanks to Excel's Table object. If you need a dynamic list, try one of these techniques.

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.