Automated Data Entry in Excel. One way businesses can save time and money is using Excel spreadsheets as data tables in which to store customer information, inventory details or other important data.

Drop-down lists in an Excel sheet can greatly facilitate data entry. Here's a look at how to use Microsoft Excel's data validation feature to create handy lists within your worksheets.

How to edit a drop-down list in Excel based on a cell range 1. Go to the worksheet or area of your current worksheet where your list items are, and then add or delete the desired item. 2.

The Data Validation feature in Excel 2013 offers a List option to confine selections in a cell to a preconfigured series of values. This selection can further influence the values in another list ...

How to populate from another sheet in Excel You can populate a dropdown with a list on another sheet by referencing the cells, but the resulting dropdown won’t be dynamic, even when the list is ...

Microsoft Excel makes it possible for users to easily get around incorrect data entries. In most cases, the user takes advantage of the data validation feature.