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I have created a validation drop down list but because the list can be quite
long I want to be able to type a specific word on the cell that would associate that specific item in the drop down list. For example, lets say my drop down list contains the months of the year from January to December. I want to associate 1 = January and 2 = February and so on so that when I enter 6, June comes up on the cell. Does anyone know if this is possible on Excel? |
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Could be done with VBA event code but your list would have to consist of
numbers 1 to 12. Type a number and the appropriate month is displayed in the cell. Or you can use a combobox in conjunction with the DV dropdown that will allow autocomplete. i.e. type d and December is displayed. For the latter see Debra Dalgleish's site. http://www.contextures.on.ca/xlDataVal10.html Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP On Wed, 27 Jan 2010 06:25:01 -0800, Otani wrote: I have created a validation drop down list but because the list can be quite long I want to be able to type a specific word on the cell that would associate that specific item in the drop down list. For example, lets say my drop down list contains the months of the year from January to December. I want to associate 1 = January and 2 = February and so on so that when I enter 6, June comes up on the cell. Does anyone know if this is possible on Excel? |
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Thanks for the reply. Unfortunately I don't understand the VBA code so I
ended up creating names for the items in the drop down list which did the trick for me. "Gord Dibben" wrote: Could be done with VBA event code but your list would have to consist of numbers 1 to 12. Type a number and the appropriate month is displayed in the cell. Or you can use a combobox in conjunction with the DV dropdown that will allow autocomplete. i.e. type d and December is displayed. For the latter see Debra Dalgleish's site. http://www.contextures.on.ca/xlDataVal10.html Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP On Wed, 27 Jan 2010 06:25:01 -0800, Otani wrote: I have created a validation drop down list but because the list can be quite long I want to be able to type a specific word on the cell that would associate that specific item in the drop down list. For example, lets say my drop down list contains the months of the year from January to December. I want to associate 1 = January and 2 = February and so on so that when I enter 6, June comes up on the cell. Does anyone know if this is possible on Excel? . |
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