Data validation in Excel allows you to create drop-down menus right inside individual cells.

Data validation in Excel allows you to create drop-down menus right inside individual cells. You can also restrict the types of values entered into different cells.

This article will teach you how to create drop-down lists in Microsoft Excel using a feature called Data Validation. When applied, the Data Validation function serves to restrict data that can be ...

Excel's drop-down menus are useful for creating order forms and navigation for larger files like records of sales. The options in the menus are references to cells elsewhere on the spreadsheet.

How to create a nested drop-down list in Excel If you want to obtain data from some existing drop-down menus or cells and display options accordingly in a different cell, here is what you can do.

This trick works across the workbook. So, if you are on a different sheet and select a bookmarked cell from the drop-down menu, Excel jumps to that cell on another sheet.