Creating drop-down lists in your spreadsheets is a great way to ensure that only certain information is entered into a cell.

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.

Click the "OK" button to create the drop-down list for the selected cell or group of cells on the worksheet, or "Sheet2." Save the workbook. Hover over a cell to reveal the drop-down list box.

How to create a nested drop-down list in Excel If you want to obtain data from some existing drop-down menus or cells and display options accordingly in a different cell, here is what you can do.

Dependent drop-down lists in Excel are a powerful tool for enhancing data entry efficiency and accuracy. By creating lists that dynamically update based on the selection in another list, you can ...

The `OFFSET` function adjusts cell references dynamically, helping create drop-down lists that update as new data is added.

Data validation in Excel allows you to create drop-down menus right inside individual cells. You can also restrict the types of values entered into different cells.

Even if they are not always the most straightforward to set up, creating a to-do list in Excel has several advantages.

Excel's drop-down menus are useful for creating order forms and navigation for larger files like records of sales. The options in the menus are references to cells elsewhere on the spreadsheet.

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.