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excel drop down list
How can I get auto text to work on a drop down list?
Instead of having to scroll down I want to enter the first letter and it will take to me the section I wish to use |
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excel drop down list
The dropdown list (I assume Data Validation) has to be adjacent to the
entries you want for the autotext. For example, if you have some entries in A1:A10, the autotext would work for A11 and below. If there are blanks in the column, the auto text won't pick it up. --JP On Oct 5, 11:10*am, TONY wrote: How can I get auto text to work on a drop down list? Instead of having to scroll down I want to enter the first letter and it will take to me the section I wish to use |
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excel drop down list
It is in the drop down list itself
Its along list so in order to find someone quickly I just want to enter the first letter and the list will go to that letter "JP" wrote: The dropdown list (I assume Data Validation) has to be adjacent to the entries you want for the autotext. For example, if you have some entries in A1:A10, the autotext would work for A11 and below. If there are blanks in the column, the auto text won't pick it up. --JP On Oct 5, 11:10 am, TONY wrote: How can I get auto text to work on a drop down list? Instead of having to scroll down I want to enter the first letter and it will take to me the section I wish to use |
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excel drop down list
Data Validation won't work quite like that. It will auto-fill the
text, but it won't drop down the list and show you the entries. You would use a combo box for that. But a combo box won't auto-fill, it will just jump to the first matching entry. So if you want auto-fill, use Data Validation. If you want to drop down the list, use a combo box. --JP On Oct 5, 11:24*am, TONY wrote: It is in the drop down list itself Its along list so in order to find someone quickly I just want to *enter * the first letter and the list will go to that letter "JP" wrote: The dropdown list (I assume Data Validation) has to be adjacent to the entries you want for the autotext. For example, if you have some entries in A1:A10, the autotext would work for A11 and below. If there are blanks in the column, the auto text won't pick it up. --JP On Oct 5, 11:10 am, TONY wrote: How can I get auto text to work on a drop down list? Instead of having to scroll down I want to enter the first letter and it will take to me the section I wish to use- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - |
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excel drop down list
Sort your validation list and at the beginning of the A's enter a single A,
do the same for the beginning of the B's and all the way through to the Z's. Click in the cell that has the drop down validation and type in the letter of the list you desire... say you type in an O. DO NOT hit enter... leave the cell in the edit mode (still selected) and now hit your down arrow. Should take you to the O which is the top of the O list of selections. HTH Regards, Howard "TONY" wrote in message ... How can I get auto text to work on a drop down list? Instead of having to scroll down I want to enter the first letter and it will take to me the section I wish to use |
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