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.

Drop-down lists in Excel let you create a list of valid choices that you can select for a given field. We'll show you how to use tables, named ranges, formulas, data validation, and table styles.

Learn to create efficient, interconnected Excel drop-down lists using range functions and data validation techniques. Multi-level drop-down ...

This article provides step-by-step instructions for color customizing your drop-down list in Microsoft Excel.

If your list and dropdown are on different pages, you’ll need to know this trick to make the dropdown dynamic.

How to Create a Drop-Down Box With Color. One way to streamline data entry is to create custom lists in Excel and use them to create drop-down lists in specified cells. When you use the program's ...

Just like Microsoft Excel, Google Sheets allows you to create a drop-down list with color-coded values. However, creating a colorized dropdown list is much easier in Google Sheets than in Excel.