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    PlacesList

    Hello and greetings from Hong Kong.

    I maintain an Excel file of purchase receipts everyday of the financial from April to the following March.

    I have a drop down PlacesList which has names added occasionally. The list now has 423 entries the last of which is a store named Yata.

    When entering routine data I select the drop down arrow and the entire list is available for selection except the last three entries, one of which is Yata.

    All the entries in the drop down Column are set as General.

    My first thought is that there is a limit to the number of entries in a drop down list.

    Can anyone offer a viewpoint.

    If required I can attach the entire file for viewing if this would help. The data in the file is hardly of use to anyone else and is historical in nature.

    David

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    Re: PlacesList

    My apologies. The last entry on the drop down list is named Zara.

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    Re: PlacesList

    How is the list defined in data validation?

    My recommendation:

    A
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    C
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    valList
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    Yada valList Refers To: =INDEX(Sheet1!$A:$A, ROW(Sheet1!$A$1) + 1):INDEX(Sheet1!$A:$A, MATCH("REPT)"z", 255), Sheet1!$A:$A))
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    Re: PlacesList

    I have a sample file (just posted) with a data val dropdown with 14250 entries.
    What's the formula you are using?
    Is it a dynamic named range?



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    Re: PlacesList

    Data validation

    I have painted the list with the mouse and selected Data Validation.

    Up pops the window and under Allow it shows List in a box and below that the Source =$A$1:$A$418. This covers exactly the whole PlacesList.

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    Re: PlacesList

    To make it easier to understand the relevant Excel file is attached for reference.
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    Re: PlacesList

    Your list goes from A1 to A423!
    Your named formula is:
    PlacesList =PlacesList!$A$1:$A$420 (missing the last three)

    Make it dynamic (auto adjusting) with:
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    instead.

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    Re: PlacesList

    Thank you for your assistance.

    Everything back to normal.

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