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data validation

ResolvedVersion 2010

Richard has attended:
Excel Advanced course

Data Validation

Can you ensure a cell in a table is completed by a user? (ie error message appears until cell is not left blank)

RE: Data Validation

Hello Richard,

Hope you enjoyed your Microsoft Excel Advanced course with Best STL.

Thank you for your question regarding ensuring a cell is input by a user. The Data Validation rules do not provide for this type of control, however, this can be done using code produced in VBA (Visual Basic for Applications) which is outside the parameters of this forum post.

We do deliver training on VBA and you may be interested in taking this course to further develop your Excel skills.


I hope this resolves your question. If it has, please mark this question as resolved.

If you require further assistance, please reply to this post. Or perhaps you have another Microsoft Office question?

Have a great day.
Regards,

Rodney
Microsoft Office Specialist Trainer

Fri 20 Jan 2012: Automatically marked as resolved.

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Use the SUBTOTAL function in Excel

You can create subtotals in your spreadsheet using the SUBTOTAL function, which looks like this:

=SUBTOTAL(9,cell:cell)

9 represents the function being used (SUM), followed by the range of cells the function is operating on.

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