Validate typed-in value against in-cell dropdown list

Hi,
I was wondering if anyone can help me out with this.

I have an in-cell dropdown list that I set up via Data/Validation menu.
All values in the list are uppercase. For example, "VISA, MASTER,
DISCOVER". So, user can either choose from the list or manually type
in the value.

When user manually type in a value, I have code in Worksheet_Change()
that will turn the value into uppercase. What I would like is to take
this value and validate against the values from the dropdown list.

Any help would be much appreciated.
Thanks.

Why allow them to type in an entry if it must match the list?

"[email protected]" wrote:

> Hi,
> I was wondering if anyone can help me out with this.
>
> I have an in-cell dropdown list that I set up via Data/Validation menu.
> All values in the list are uppercase. For example, "VISA, MASTER,
> DISCOVER". So, user can either choose from the list or manually type
> in the value.
>
> When user manually type in a value, I have code in Worksheet_Change()
> that will turn the value into uppercase. What I would like is to take
> this value and validate against the values from the dropdown list.
>
> Any help would be much appreciated.
> Thanks.
>
>

Hi Toppers,
The user prefers it although it wasn't a hard requirement. To some of
them, typing it in is faster than using a mouse since they do it so
often.
Besides, when I used Data / Validation to set up the list, by default,
it allows the user to type in the value.
Thanks.

I've run into similar problems. Does anyone know how to resolve this?

It (XL2003) only values (to be typed) which are in the List so it is
self-validating.

"[email protected]" wrote:

> Hi Toppers,
> The user prefers it although it wasn't a hard requirement. To some of
> them, typing it in is faster than using a mouse since they do it so
> often.
> Besides, when I used Data / Validation to set up the list, by default,
> it allows the user to type in the value.
> Thanks.
>
>