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How to Create a Yeah / No Drib Downward in Excel & Google Sheets

This tutorial volition demonstrate how to create a yes/no drop-downwardly in Excel and Google Sheets.

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Restricting user input by means of a drop-downwards list is very useful when y'all wish the user to select from a list of preset values. You tin achieve this in Excel past means of Data Validation.

Information Validation to Add a Aye/No Driblet-Down List

  1. In the Ribbon, select Data > Data Tools > Data Validation.

EmailDataValid Ribbon

  1. In the Settings tab, select List under Allow, and ensure that Ignore blank and In-jail cell dropdown are checked. Type in Yeah, No every bit the Source for the drop-down list.

Note that unchecking Ignore blank would hateful an empty cell is considered invalid. Unchecking In-cell dropdown would mean that "Aye" or "No" would have to be typed in (or re-create-pasted), rather than selected from a drop-down list in a cell.

YesNo ListSource

  1. To set up a message to inform the users of the worksheet that they demand to select from a drib-downwardly list, select the Input Message tab and check the Show input message when cell is selected check box. Blazon in the Championship and Input message required.

YesNo ListMessage

  1. Then select the Mistake Alarm tab and prepare a bulletin when the user does not select from the valid drib-down list. Make sure that Show error alarm subsequently invalid information is entered is checked, then select the Fashion in the drib-downwards list. Then type in a Title and Error message for the warning.

DDList Alert

  1. Click OK to add the Data Validation to the selected cells.

When you click in the first cell that has the Data Validation practical to it, the Input Message volition appear.

YesNo Message

Should you ignore the values in the driblet-downwardly list, and type a unlike value into the cell, an Fault Alert bulletin will announced.

DDList Alert Msg

How to Create a Yes/No Drop-Down List in Google Sheets

Creating a drop-down list in Google Sheets using Information Validation is very similar to how the list is created in Excel.

  1. First, highlight the cells where you want the listing to announced and in the Carte, select Information > Data validation.

YesNo GS Menu

  1. You can then fix the Criteria by selecting List of Items and typing in Yes and No separated by a comma.

YesNo GS SetCriteria

  1. Make certain that Testify dropdown list in cell is ticked and then select either Show alert or Reject Input. Then click Save to save the Data Validation.

The drop-down list will now appear in the selected cells.

YesNo GS DropDown

Should you type an incorrect value into the cell, a message will appear rejecting the input.

YesNo GS Reject