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Drop Down Menu

Hi. I should know this but it completely escapes me.

I have a list of 10 items (words) in a drop down menu (data validation) that I then need to code into numbers to do further analysis on. I can do it with a list box but need it in a drop down menu.

Thanks in advance.

RE: Drop Down Menu

Hi Simon

Thanks for getting in touch. You can take a couple of approaches with it. You could use a VLOOKUP working with the existing drop down that retrieves the actual value you are after, perhaps in a separate table.

Alternatively you could use a Form in Visual Basic with a combo box control. You can then manipulate the result using something like Combobox1.Value.

Are any of these what you are looking for?

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Mon 6 May 2013: Automatically marked as resolved.

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