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collecting info from drop down list selection and populating in different sheet

  1. 05-29-2011, 09:22 AM #1
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    Help please! how can i collect information from a drop down box and populate in a different sheet. Eg.

    sheet 1 has drop down box with selections A,B,C,D
    User selects B
    How can I get B populated in Sheet 2
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    Re: collecting info from drop down list selection and populating in different sheet

    use a lookup cant say which one but probably vlookup
    =vlookup(cell ref with drop down,sheet2!a1:e100,3 false) this would retern whatever matches your dropdown in sheet2 col c for example
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