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. ************************************************************* You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To send mail to the group, simply address it to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To Unsubscribe from this group, send an email to mso-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" (without the quotes) in the subject line. Or, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu. This will also allow you to change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso To be able to use the files section for sharing files with the group, send a request to mso-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and you will be sent an invitation with instructions. Once you are a member of the files group, you can go here to upload/download files: http://www.smartgroups.com/vault/msofiles *************************************************************