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Automatic date calculation

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    Automatic date calculation

    I need to be able to setup a spreadsheet that allows me to enter a date then in the next cell enter a priority ( preferably from a drop down box ) and in conjunction with that priority insert another date in the next cell,


    Eg.

    2//7/2010 - Priority 2 - 6/7/2010


    Priority 2 representing 4 days.


    So the user can obviously select the entry date and the priority of the task and a date will appear in the next cell or column with the completion date.


    Priority List is to be;

    1 = 2 days
    2 = 4 days
    3 = 6 days
    4 = 14 days
    5 = 28 days


    Thankyou very much to anyone who finds time to help me as out of my office no one can seem to figure it out!

    Cheers.
    Last edited by Ronald McDonald; 03-25-2010 at 12:27 AM. Reason: Innappropriate Title... Sorry.

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    Re: Please Be A Legend and Help ME!

    use data validation to create drop down list for your priorities.Somewhere in your sheet have your priorities listed one underneath each other and next to each one of them have the number they represent ( 2,4,6...) Next to your data validation do a vlookup for your priority that would return the number next to it. In the next cell add the resulting number to your date.
    I'm sure there's a more elegant way of doing it but this should work just fine...
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