drop down list starts from blank row

[Guest]

A drop down list referenced from another worksheet with a named range shows
the blank row after the last selection in the list when the drop down arrow
is clicked in a blank cell in the data entry worksheet. help.
thanks
Jerry Bennett

 

[Bernard Liengme]

Go to the sheet with the list; select the range of valid entries and rename
this range to the name used in Data Validation.
best wishes

 

[T. Valko]

That means you have an empty cell at the bottom of the source range. When
you click on a data validation drop down cell it automatically scrolls to
the current selection. So, if the cell is empty it scrolls to the empty
selection at the bottom of your list.

Are you using a dynamic range as the source? If so, your calculation sounds
like it's off by 1 cell.

 

[Guest]

thanks a lot, I understand now and have fixed the problem. I guess Excel
automatically assumes you are creating dynamic drop down lists, which is what
i need, and i was creatiing a named range in the source list of say 200 cells
to allow for additions, when I didn't have to. this all came about when I
converted my 2003 sheet to 2007 and lost all the named ranges and drop down
lists.
thanks again, you saved me a lot of time
best

 

[T. Valko]

Excel does not automatically use dynamic ranges for drop down lists. I'm not
sure about Excel 2007 but I haven't seen anything about it being any
different than previous versions in that regard.

See this for instructions on creating dynamic ranges:

http://contextures.com/xlNames01.html#Dynamic

 

[Bernard Liengme]

Maybe it was a XL2007 Table - what was called List in XL2003
Suppose you make a Table (with Insert Table) and name it (say Mydata) then
use =Mydata in a Validation. Later you enter a value under the last item in
the Mydata table. Since it is a Table, it is dynamic and the Validation drop
down includes the new item.
best wishes