creating Yes,No

[Amin]

i have a column on my sheet and i have been asked to confine entries to that
column as yes or no, it could also be tardy or absent, any idea of how am to
do this.

 

[Gary''s Student]

Use a Data Validation pull-down

 

[ShaneDevenshire]

Hi,

A little more detail -

1. Select the range you want to control (I will assume B1:B100)
2. Choose Data, Validation,
3. From the Allow list pick Custom
4. In the Formula area enter the following:
=OR(B1="Yes",B1="No",B1="Tardy",B1="Absent")

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0. Enter the possible choices in a range, (here I will use D14)
1 and 2 as above.
3b. From the Allow list pick List
4a. In the Source box enter
=$D$1:$D$4

You could also type the list into the Source box but that is a less
efficient method. In fact this second method is the method of choice.

 

[T. Valko]

Another one using data validaion

Select the range of cells where you want to restrict the input.
Goto the menu Data>Validation
Allow: List
As the Source, type in the allowable entries separated by a comma:

Yes,No,Tardy,Absent

Uncheck: In-cell dropdown
OK