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I'm trying to do a Data Validation list where there is a range from A1:A10 named List, but there are only values in A1:A5.

For the drop down menu, I've done the Data Validation and List, and made it =List. The problem with that is, I only want the drop down to give the options if there is a value (A1:A5 not all of A1:A10). I thought that the Ignore blanks feature would do that, but it does absolutely nothing.

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