That's fantastic. Thanks a lot. Is there any way to do exactly the
same, but *not* have the drop-down control appear when the cell is
entered? The number of entries in the list doesn't lend itself to that
kind of control, and it looks like poor design if a user was to select
the control & see a drop-down with 200 entries.
If this is possible then that would be ideal.
Cheers,
-Jay-
Select the cell, and choose Data>Validation
On the Settings tab, remove the check mark from 'In-cell dropdown'
Click OK
However, with or without the dropdown, users would be able to type a %
sign in the cell, if it creates a number in the valid range, e.g. 90%
Also, if you use the Autofill feature to create the series, you'll have
problems typing into the cell, because it adds very small amounts to
some numbers. You can see the amounts if you expand the number of
decimal places to 14.
To eliminate this, you could type -10 in cell A1.
In the second cell, type: =ROUND(A1+0.1,1)
Drag the formula down as far as required to complete the series.
> That's fantastic. Thanks a lot. Is there any way to do exactly the
> same, but *not* have the drop-down control appear when the cell is
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Saruman - 05 Aug 2006 21:14 GMT
Useful to know Debra, I hadn't seen that happen before.
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> Select the cell, and choose Data>Validation
> On the Settings tab, remove the check mark from 'In-cell dropdown'
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Jay - 05 Aug 2006 23:07 GMT
Thanks Debra. I hadn't seen the "In-cell dropdown" option, which is a
bit embarrassing considering it's been staring me in the face:-)
I noticed that about adding the .00000000000001s , when I tested the
validation and it wouldn't accept what should have been a value in the
list. Why does it do that?
And the funny thing is I replaced the auto-fill with a very similar
formula to the one you suggested.
Thanks for your help, (I'll look at the screen more closely next time :-)
Regards
Jasom
> Select the cell, and choose Data>Validation
> On the Settings tab, remove the check mark from 'In-cell dropdown'
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Debra Dalgleish - 06 Aug 2006 02:22 GMT
You're welcome! The problem is caused by a rounding error, which Chip
Pearson describes here:
http://cpearson.com/excel/rounding.htm
> Thanks Debra. I hadn't seen the "In-cell dropdown" option, which is a
> bit embarrassing considering it's been staring me in the face:-)
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