
#MICROSOFT EXCEL FOR MAC CREATE DROPDOWN LIST MAC#
It's not as if dropdown lists are the most sophisticated thing in the Excel domain. Tables and Filters Related MAC Excel Shortcuts + + F To toggle Autofilter +, To activate filter + Space, To select the table row + Space. One difference is that she is a Mac user (High Sierra 10.13.6.) I have verified her Excel version as Microsoft Excel for Mac, Version 16.43 (20110804), which seems to be a 2020 version.Īnyone have an explanation? This is very frustrating.

So, after the Office upgrades helped most, there remains a user for which the dropdowns still don't work. The dropdown in Cell B15 of the "Data Entry" sheet allows the user, after selecting a Branch, to only see the Words from the "Word DD" sheet (fed by "Word List" sheet) that belong to their Branch. The dropdown in Cell A15 of the "Data Entry" sheet (fed by "Branch List" & "Branch DD" sheets) allows the user to type in part of a Branch Name and then click the arrow to narrow down the dropdown results. Suppose I have a dataset of items as shown below and I want to create a drop-down list in cell C1. Select Custom Export and uncheck the Include comments box. In the worksheet, click where you want to insert the control. Step 2: Add and format content controls On the Developer tab, click the control that you want to add. Under In Ribbon, Show, select Developer tab. I guess that means that some of the formulas/functions present in the "Branch DD" and "Word DD" sheets (which feed the dropdowns) were unsupported in Office 2016. Like most people, you probably have data, documents, and notes scattered across many files. Step 1: Show the Developer tab On the Excel menu, click Preferences. Create a drop-down list Create a drop-down list You can help people work more efficiently in worksheets by using drop-down lists in cells.

The dropdowns were completely unresponsive when clicking the arrow.įor most of them, it was discovered that they were using Office 2016 and that after upgrading, the dropdowns worked as expected.

Step 2: Go to the Data tab and select the Data validation button or choose Data validation from the drop-down. With the attached, a handful out of hundreds of users were not able to use the dropdown lists demonstrated in Cells A15 & B15 of the "Data Entry" sheet. Step 1: Select the cell in the column where you want to input a drop-down list.
