{"id":315,"date":"2014-10-18T12:49:17","date_gmt":"2014-10-18T10:49:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/?p=315"},"modified":"2023-11-30T01:34:34","modified_gmt":"2023-11-30T00:34:34","slug":"drop-down-menu-in-your-excel-table","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/blog\/drop-down-menu-in-your-excel-table\/","title":{"rendered":"Drop Down Menu In Your Excel Table"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Apart from creating a simple Drop Down Menu\/List or <span style=\"color: #333333;\"> Data Validation List<\/span>, you can expand this concept to include it in your Excel Table or Database.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/blog\/drop-down-list-with-data-validation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Watch how to insert a Data Validation List<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>That way you don&#8217;t have to do repetitive tasks like entering the same customer over and over again or copying and pasting time and time again.<\/p>\n<p>See how easy it is to implement this in under 1 minute!<br \/>\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HARZWsHTjXY?rel=0 \" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/MyExcelOnlinecomtutorials?sub_confirmation=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignmiddle wp-image-111468 size-full\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/1.yt_.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a><br \/>\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a class=\"IRPP_minimalist icon-download\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Data-Validation-List-in-Tables.xlsx\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"ctaText px-3 text-capitalize\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\">download workbook<\/span><\/span><span class=\"postTitle px-3\">Data-Validation-List-in-Tables.xlsx<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>STEP 1:<\/strong> <\/span>Have your list of values ready<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Drop Down Menu In Your Excel Table\"  class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19789\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Drop-down-01.jpg\" alt=\"Drop Down Menu In Your Excel Table\" width=\"763\" height=\"453\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Drop-down-01.jpg 763w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Drop-down-01-300x178.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 763px) 100vw, 763px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>STEP 2:<\/strong> <\/span>Highlight the area that you want to place your <strong>drop down list<\/strong> on<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Drop Down Menu In Your Excel Table\"  class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19790\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Drop-down-02.jpg\" alt=\"Drop Down Menu In Your Excel Table\" width=\"766\" height=\"449\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Drop-down-02.jpg 766w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Drop-down-02-300x176.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 766px) 100vw, 766px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>STEP 3:<\/strong> <\/span>Go to<em><strong>\u00a0Data &gt; Data Validation<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Drop Down Menu In Your Excel Table\"  class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19791\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Drop-down-03.jpg\" alt=\"Drop Down Menu In Your Excel Table\" width=\"1088\" height=\"167\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Drop-down-03.jpg 1088w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Drop-down-03-300x46.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Drop-down-03-1024x157.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Drop-down-03-768x118.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1088px) 100vw, 1088px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Select\u00a0<strong>List<\/strong> and for the <strong>Source<\/strong>, select the list of values for your <strong>drop down list<\/strong>. Click <strong>OK<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Drop Down Menu In Your Excel Table\"  class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19792\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Drop-down-04.jpg\" alt=\"Drop Down Menu In Your Excel Table\" width=\"771\" height=\"471\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Drop-down-04.jpg 771w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Drop-down-04-300x183.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Drop-down-04-768x469.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 771px) 100vw, 771px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>STEP 4:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>You can test it out now on your table! You can also update the values in your source list and it gets reflected in your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/blog\/if-statements-drop-down-menu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">drop down<\/a> list!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Drop Down Menu In Your Excel Table\"  class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19793\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Drop-down-05.jpg\" alt=\"Drop Down Menu In Your Excel Table\" width=\"772\" height=\"429\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Drop-down-05.jpg 772w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Drop-down-05-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Drop-down-05-768x427.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 772px) 100vw, 772px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apart from creating a simple Drop Down Menu\/List or Data Validation List, you can expand this concept to include it in your Excel Table or Database. 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