Learn how to create a drop-down list using Data Validation in Excel. Data Validation limits the type of data that can be entered into a cell.

A common use of data validation is to create a drop-down list. Use it to restrict the type of data that users enter into an Excel cell.

Populating a dropdown with a dynamic list is easy thanks to Microsoft Excel’s UNIQUE() dynamic array function.

The Data Validation feature in Excel 2013 offers a List option to confine selections in a cell to a preconfigured series of values.

Open the Excel workbook to the worksheet that has the list of data already entered into cells. Alternatively, type a new list of data on a worksheet; click on the default worksheet name "Sheet1 ...

Set data validation If you want to insert different task priorities (High, Medium, or Low) and Status (Pending, Ongoing, Skipped, Completed) in your Excel sheet, you need to use Data validation.

Learn how to use a data validation control to allow users to select when to run multiple VBA procedures in Microsoft Excel.

For many, the INDEX-XMATCH combination in Excel is the go-to method for retrieving a value from a dataset. However, you can ...