A common use of data validation is to create a drop-down list. Use it to restrict the type of data that users enter into an Excel cell.

Microsoft Excel can save you time in lots of little ways, like adding a drop-down list to cells so that only pre-written text can be entered.

Drop-down lists in Excel let you create a list of valid choices that you can select for a given field. We'll show you how to use tables, named ranges, formulas, data validation, and table styles.

Learn to create efficient, interconnected Excel drop-down lists using range functions and data validation techniques. Multi-level drop-down ...

When you update this spreadsheet with new or different data, you won’t have to re-create the validation rule, but you will need to click Circle Invalid Data again. This tool would be useful to bring ...

Specifically, you can use Power Query to import a single dataset like an Excel workbook, a table from a website, or a database. Alternatively, you can import multiple datasets from worksheets in an ...

Select a cell — I selected B2. Click the Data tab. In the Data Tools group, click Data Validation, and then click Data Validation from the dropdown. From the Allow dropdown, choose List.

Learn how to use a data validation control to allow users to select when to run multiple VBA procedures in Microsoft Excel.