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It a way of ensuring only a set series of data (usually from a list box) is enetered into a cell. If the value is always Yes or No then you want them to choose either option rather than typeing Yes rather than putting Y, Yeah or Correct. The following tutorial might help you understand it:
http://www.contextures.com/xlDataVal01.html
Most users use the mouse to select rows or columns. It may be more convenient to use keyboard shortcuts to do that.
The shortcut key combination to select an entire row is Shift+Spacebar.
The shortcut key combination to select an entire column is Ctrl+Spacebar.
These are pretty easy to remember as the spacebar looks like a long row (or column if you're looking at it sideways). Remember that Ctrl, beginning with C, selects columns and Shift, by a process of elimination, the rows.
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