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    Limiting a data validation list

    I would like to limit the choices in a data validation list based on another cell's value.
    My values look like this:
    Column A:
    business
    business intelligence
    audit
    operations

    ....

    The Data Validation List (Column B) contains the similar values to the ones above plus about 60 more. It's time consuming to scroll through the enitire list so I would like to make navigation easier.

    I would like to only show values that almost match the ones from column A.
    For exapmle, if A1's value is business, I only want the drop down list to show values containing business instead of the entire list.

    Thanks in advance!

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    Re: Limiting a data validation list

    Refer the below links for detailed instructions:-

    http://www.contextures.com/xlDataVal01.html
    http://www.contextures.com/xlDataVal02.html
    http://www.contextures.com/xlDataVal13.html


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