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Dependent Drop-down Lists

This example describes how to create dependent drop-down lists in Excel. Here's what we are trying to achieve:
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The user selects Pizza from a drop-down list.
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As a result, a second drop-down list contains the Pizza items.
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To create these dependent drop-down lists, execute the following steps.

1. On the second sheet, create the following named ranges.

Name Range Address

Food A1:A3
Pizza B1:B4
Pancakes C1:C2
Chinese D1:D3

2. On the first sheet, select cell B1.

3. On the Data tab, click Data Validation.

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The 'Data Validation' dialog box appears.

4. In the Allow box, click List.

5. Click in the Source box and type =Food.

6. Click OK.

Result:

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7. Next, select cell E1.

8. In the Allow box, click List.

9. Click in the Source box and type =INDIRECT($B$1).

10. Click OK.

Result:

Explanation: the INDIRECT function returns the reference specified by a text string. For example, the user selects
Chinese from the first drop-down list. =INDIRECT($B$1) returns the Chinese reference. As a result, the second
drop-down lists contains the Chinese items.

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