[mso] Re: Making a Validation list WITH a blank ?

  • From: Wilson Baptista Junior <wilsonbaptista@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2005 12:31:33 -0300

Hi Robert,
instead of entering the values in the Source field, type the values 
in a separate part of the worksheet (for example, cells D1 to D6) 
where the first cell is blank. Then, in the source field, enter 
D1:D6. Works for me in Excel 2000.
Wilson

At 11:54 11/8/2005,Robert Carneal wrote:
>I need to give the user an option of selection a blank in a validation list
>please in Excel 2000. Not working properly so far.
>
>In Allow, I selected "List." In Data Validation, I unchecked "Ignore Blank."
>In Source, I entered <sp>, C, O, P, R, S. In-cell dropdown is remains
>checked. "Apply these changes to all other cells with same settings" is
>checked.
>
>Does not work. Does anyone see the problem please? It only offers C, O, P,
>R, S as valid entries, and I need for blank to be one of them.


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