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.

To create a custom list, click the cell in which you want the list to appear. Click "Data Validation" on the Data tab and click "Data Validation." Choose "List" in the Allow box.

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.

How to base a data validation dropdown on an array in Excel Now we’re ready to create the data validation dropdown that will display the unique list in column H.

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

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.

This article will teach you how to create drop-down lists in Microsoft Excel using a feature called Data Validation. When applied, the Data Validation function serves to restrict data that can be ...

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.