Dropdown from a range
Build a dropdown whose choices come from a list of cells on another sheet, and stretch it when the list grows.
In this lesson
- Put the choices in cells, one per cell, on their own sheet (for example Lists!A2:A6).
- Select the cells for the dropdown, then Data, then Data Validation.
- Keep the $ signs: without them the source slides down for each row.
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Give a column a dropdown of fixed choices, pick from it, and stop anything else from being typed.
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Where it sits in Dropdowns and validation
- Make a dropdown listFreeStart here
- Dropdown from a rangeThis lesson11 min
- Allow only numbers or dates10 min
- Input messages and error alerts11 min
- Checkboxes8 min
- Dependent dropdowns11 min
The steps
13 steps: 3 explanations, 9 Do this, 1 question, then Your turn.
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Give a column a dropdown of fixed choices, pick from it, and stop anything else from being typed.
Confident · 7 min · Free, with no sign-up
Do the free lesson on your computer.
Send yourself the link and open it on a laptop or desktop.
On your computer, go tolearnford.com/go/WKT7