I've got a large selection of lists on drop down menu's the second drop down is based on the selection of the first but when you select the second drop down it starts at the bottom with lots of blanks you have to scroll up to get to the top of the list how do I make this start at the top and ignore the blanks?
I've got the ignore blanks box ticked on the data validation but it doesn't make any difference?
I would like to create a list with reference to IF (E1:E150=1) list F1:F150
No Blanks. Cells E1:E150 will be either a 1 or a blank.
The new list will be created in cells Y5:Y whatever. List will then become a drop down list.
I have created the list but it has blanks between names and I just want the names....
I currently have a list on a worksheet named "Options". It is a named range entitled "Type" with rows A2:A500. Another worksheet uses "Type" as a drop-down list. Currently there are only five entries in the list - cells A2:A6. Other items will periodically be added to the list. That is the reason for the long range - up to A500.
In the drop-down list, all of the unused cells in the named range show up as blanks. Is there any way to not have the blanks show up in the drop-down list?
Or...
Is there a way to define the named range as a variable range to enable users to add items without redefining the range and have the added items automatically show up in the drop-down list?
I'm trying to create a drop down list which returns values based on what has been selected in the previous drop down list in the adjacent cell, e.g. if 'Apples' is selected in the previous cell then you should only be able to select from 'Gala, Granny Smith', or if 'Oranges' is selected you should only be able to select 'Seville, Blood Orange'. Is there a formula which would do this, or can I use a pivot table somehow? I'm totally stumped.
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I have 2 validation boxes. The first is a simple list of 5 options (based on
a 'name' range). The second is a filter of a larger list depending on the
answer in the first box. I have made my 'name' range as big as the largest
list but other lists are quite short. The problem I have it that the drop
down box is showing all the blank cells in my 'name' range.
The bigger problem is that when you select the pull down it highlights the
blank field first instead of the first item on the list so you have to scroll
up. This is a problem as staff think there is nothing on the list. So how do
I either not show the blanks or get the drop down to start at the top of the
list?
How can I stop drag and drop across a row but you can drag and drop down a column.
I have a drop down box in column N, however I would like the options in that drop down box to change depending on what appears in column M.
If column M Says "Lapse" then I want one drop down box to appear in column N, If coumn M says "NTU" then I would like column N to show different drop down options.
I'm using Excel 2010
I'm working on a workbook for tracking debt. It has 15 sheets. Instructions, Charts (for showing debt change over time), "Invisible" (this is where my chart data is, I plan to hide it), and 12 month sheets. On the Invisible sheet, for example, I have my data set up. I'm pulling the data from other sheets. In the screenshot, I'm using =Month12!P48 as the formula to pull my data from the other sheets. But, the user hasn't entered data yet for month 12, so the line chart drops to zero there. I want it to just stop and do nothing, until there is data in that cell. (I would prefer to use a line chart vs a scatter chart for this, but I have the same problem in both)
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is it possible to restrict a cell in such a way that it is impossible to type data into it, but rather select data from a drop down, through validation?
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For example:
FAILED - whole row changes red
SUCCESSFUL - row has no fill
Tested - row changes to orange
etc.
Is this possible within Excel 2003?
Data is in a horizantal list, say row 2:
A2: SAM
B2:
C2: MARY
D2: JOE
E2:
F2: DAViD
i.e. like this:
SAM-blank-MARY-JOE-blank-DAVID
I am looking for formulas (not VBA) to compact this list by removing the blanks so the new will be placed in K2, L2, M2 etc. as follows:
SAM-MARY-JOE-DAVID
This is a good article but only works on vertical lists:
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I think this must be fairly easy to do. I've found various posts here and tips elsewhere that indicate ways to do this, but I've not found one I could get to work.
I have a column with numbers in it. These numbers are formatted as TEXT (because they are 001, 002, etc). This list is generated by pulling the unique values from another column where these numbers are repeated.
In the following example, B has the original data. H has the same data with just the unique values. That is how far I have got. What I now want is what you see in Column I (the unique values with NO BLANKS in it).
B | H | I |
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001 001 001
001 002
001 003
002 002
002
002
003 003
003
003
I am aware that I can use an Advanced Filter (not that I manage to get that to work without it generate an erro). But this is not what I want, as I'd like the data in I to be dynamically generated such that if more unique values are added to B then H will reflect this (it does that at present) and then I will also reflect this.
I need to generate a list of items from a column of data which frequently changes. In the attached example, I need to list all entries other than those that are blank (NB - the data generates the numbers as text and the blanks as "").
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I have a list of data with 2 column. One is a column of unique values, the other column has a lot of blanks.
I'd like to auto generate both columns without any of the blank data from column 2. I've attached a mock spreadsheet of what I'm invisioning.
I have created data validation list which has 3 flags (Yes, No and Blank). Normally the user will select either Yes or No from column C but i want each time there is no value in either row A or B; i want the code to automatically to select Blank. So basically every time row A or B are blank i want the corresponding row C to be selected "Blank". See attached for more details.
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Include in new List?
Revised List
Red
x
Red
Green
Blue
Blue
[code]....
at present i have data in column A That could look like
a1 = fred
a2 to a6 is blank
a7 =bill
a8 is blank
a9 = steve
a10 to a 20 is blank
what the idea is that a1 get copied to a2,a3,a4,a5,a6
a7 get copied to a8
a9 get copied to a10 to a20
these cells could vary on what information is in them and what cells contain information or not
my macro goes to a1 looks for the last cell with data in it then copies itto the cell below then loops back to a1 ans repeats itself
this macro takes about 1 minute to run as the column has about 5000 cells being used. is there a faster way to do this
Is there any way to exclude the blank in data validation-under validation criteria-lists. an example is include.
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I can work out to number the list ignoring the blanks but then resetting to 1 with each new week?
Workbook1.xlsx
I have a set up of investments. Say A1 through to G1. Then on the next row the investments range from A1 to G1 again. This continues down many rows. There are spaces such as D1 and D2 through E2.
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
1
ausbil........................
Starting in column H, I would like to list the investments but ignore investments that have already appeared on the row (ie list only the first occurence) and ignore the blanks as well. For example, D1, E1, F1 are to be ignored because of the blank, and the fact that ausbil and amp already appear.
In row 2, the blanks in D2 and E2 are ignored as well as the repeated 'amp' in F2. So the table should look like below from column H:
H
I
J
K
1
ausbil
amp
vanguard
bt
2
amp
becton
fidelity
bt
Is there a simple formula for this? It has to be in rows as I have at least 60 columns of data before these columns begin. There are at least 300 rows.