How-To Geek on MSN
Creating drop-downs from table headers in Excel seems impossible—but this trick fixes it
Sync your drop-down menus with table headers using this robust, auto-expanding Named Range trick.
Follow the steps below to create a drop-down list using data validation in Excel. If you want to add a message pop up, you can click the Input Message tab and check the checkbox for “Show input ...
How-To Geek on MSN
Excel's UNIQUE function can't skip columns—unless you use this trick
Nest CHOOSECOLS inside UNIQUE to extract non-adjacent columns, and use INDIRECT for interactive header dropdowns.
If you see the error “This value doesn’t match the data validation restrictions defined for this cell” when entering a value in an Excel cell, the solutions ...
Some results have been hidden because they may be inaccessible to you
Show inaccessible results