[mso] Re: Excel menu option validation- Option code only?
- From: "David Smart" <smartware@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 30 May 2006 00:16:20 +1000
I see. That means that the vet is going to have to be very familiar with
the single-letter abbreviations. Might as well just have her enter or
select the single letter, and use validation as needed to ensure it's one of
the valid choices.
Also, though, have a look at a control toolbox item. I think (and this is
certainly not verified) that you can put the select on top of the cell it
changes and that you can also tell Excel not to print the toolbox item. So,
you could have the control show the whole details, but only print the
underlying cell.
It's easy enough to get the control to show both but insert one. Just give
it a two-column-wide area containing the list of items, and one of the
properties allows you to select which of the columns is stored.
OK just having a bit of a play ...
G2 Prescription
H2 P
G3 Diagnosis
H3 D
Control toolbox combo box sitting on top of C5.
Properties of the combo box:
BoundColumn 2
ColumnCount 1
LinkedCell C5
ListFillRange G2:H3
PrintObject False
This only shows Prescription / Diagnosis in the combo box, then puts P / D
in the cell and that's what will get printed.
You can get the combo box to show "Prescription P" by setting ColumnCount to
2, but it needs a quite wide combo box to do it. You can also get "P
Prescription" by swapping the order of the G and H columns and changing
BoundColumn to 1.
Regards, Dave S
----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Carneal" <carnealre@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, May 29, 2006 3:06 AM
Subject: [mso] Re: Excel menu option validation- Option code only?
> -Emphasis-
> Why do you need just the single letter?
> -End-
>
> Well, *I* print this on legal size paper and have plenty of room.
> However,
> the vet wants +everything+ letter size so it fits her filing cabinet. I
> was
> asked to shrink it without loss of data. Abbreviating a lot of this seemed
> to be the best route to go.
>
> Robert
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf
> Of
> David Smart
> Sent: 2006-05-28 11:43
> To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [mso] Re: Excel menu option validation- Option code only?
>
> I doubt that a validation list can do this - it really is just a way to
> select values for the cell.
>
> You can set up a list control that will show both of them but only store
> one
> in its linked cell, but that cell is separate to where the list itself is.
>
> Why do you need just the single letter?
>
> Regards, Dave S
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Robert Carneal" <carnealre@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, May 29, 2006 1:09 AM
> Subject: [mso] Excel menu option validation- Option code only?
>
>
>> Excel 2000, Windows XP SP2
>>
>> Hello all. To simplify things, I wanted to be able to select a "code"
>> from
>> a drop down list in Excel. Suppose I have the following options:
>>
>> D. Diagnosis
>> P. Prescription
>>
>> I have more options, but two is plenty for my question here. No problem
>> to
>> make the list. What I only want entered in the cell is the letter on the
>> left, that is, "D" for Diagnosis, "P" for Prescription, etc. My book
>> doesn't
>> explain how to make a drop down list but enter something +else+ instead.
>>
>> In cell F2, if the user selects Diagnosis, I only want a capitalized "D"
>> to
>> go in that cell. Does this involve using two lists in validation in some
>> way? I am not sure how to do this one.
>>
>> I thought I could resolve with INDIRECT, but that didn't do what I was
>> hoping for. Any suggestions?
>>
>> Thank you.
>>
>> Robert
>>
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