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Creating Dependent Drop Down Box in Excel

The document discusses various Excel functions and features including clipboards, different types of cell references, comments, labels, data validation, Sumifs, and creating dependent drop-down lists. It provides steps for creating a dependent drop-down list using data validation and indirect references linked to an input cell. It also mentions that the Find function returns the position of a character from the left side of a text string.

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Creating Dependent Drop Down Box in Excel

The document discusses various Excel functions and features including clipboards, different types of cell references, comments, labels, data validation, Sumifs, and creating dependent drop-down lists. It provides steps for creating a dependent drop-down list using data validation and indirect references linked to an input cell. It also mentions that the Find function returns the position of a character from the left side of a text string.

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1.

Clipboard: A clipboard helps to save the multiple copied items in


its memory in such a way that whenever user wants to use it he
will go on the Clipboard Pane and select the item that he/she wish
to paste. (A clipboard saves up to 24 items in its memory.)
2. Relative Referencing: The row and column references can change
if we copy the formula in another cell because the references are
actually offsets from the current row and column.
3. Absolute Cell Referencing: The row or column references do not
change when we copy the formula because the references is to an
actual cell address. An absolute reference uses two $ sign in its
address, one for the column letter and one for the row number.
4. Comments: Comments are a piece of instruction given to a
particular cell that the end user will be able to understand what to
be entered in the given cell.
5. Label: Label helps to rectify the formatting in the given cell.
6. Steps of Data Validation : a. Select the range where you want to
apply the data validation. b. Go to the Data Validation Option
under Data Tab and select the allow drop down list. c. Choose
Custom and apply the formula =SUM(range)<= Amount
7. Any argument In [] is optional
8. Sum Range and Average Range are the array consisting numbers
only.
9. Using Sumifs for the same range we cannot provide more than 1
criteria.
10. Creating dependent drop down box in excel
STEP 1. PICK ANY RANDOM CELL AND MAKE IT AS INPUT
STEP 2. KEEP YOUR ACTIVE CELL IN THE INPUT BOX AND
GO TO DV WINDOW WILL APPEAR IN FRONT OF YOUR
SCREEN GO TO ALLOW DROP DOWN MENU AND SELECT
“LIST”
STEP 3. UNDER THE SOURCE BAR PROVIDE THE RANGE OF
COLUMN HEADERS
STEP 4. HIT OK
STEP 5. SELECT THE ENTIRE TABLE AND THEN GO TO
FORMULA TAB
STEP 6. UNDER THE TAB GO TO THE DEFINED NAME
GROUP AND SELECT CREATE FROM SELECTION
STEP 7. WINDOW WILL APPEAR. UNCHECK LEFT COLUMN
AND CHECK ON TOP ROW ONLY AND CLICK OK.
STEP 8. TAKE YOUR ACTIVE CELL ON THE OUTPUT CELL
AND GO TO DV.
STEP 9. SELECT LIST FROM THE SOURCE BAR.
STEP 10. TYPE THE FORMULA =INDIRECT(INPUT CELL)
AND CLICK OK.
“Find” helps us to find the position of a character in a text string from
left hand side.

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