Tuesday, 27 August 2019

Add Drop-down in Excel

Hello  Friends

A drop-down list also known as a drop-down menu, drop menu, pull-down list, picklist is similar to a list box, that allows the user to choose one value from a list. These features provide us with a special way by which we can select the data of anyone element from the list box in a cell.

In this topic, I want to share with you how we can add a drop-down menu in the cell. It is very easy to create a drop-down list in Excel and once you understand these tricks, it will help you create a dashboard in excel.


Follow the steps to add a drop-down

1.Create/Enter a list. I have taken the list of the month in my example.
2. Select the cell where you want to enter the drop-down.
3. Click the " Data Validation" from the Data tab.


4. Data validate dialog box appears, select the list from the "Allow" drop-down menu. Choose the In-cell dropdown checkbox. Now enter the references of your data and click on OK.


5. Select the cell, now you can see the drop-down. You can select any one the data from the drop-down list.

You always have to change the reference in the source if you want to add any data to your list. If you want your drop-down list to be automatically updated if you add any data to your list. To learn the trick to create it follow the link Create Dynamic Drop-Down.

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