Restrict cell entry until another cell has random text

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Forum freak \(at work\)

Hi

I am sure I should be using data validation but cant seem to do the
following,

I want to stop the user entering data into B1 until they have entered
something into A1. I thought I could get a message box to pop up when they
select B1 if A1 is empty. When A1 is populated they can proceed as normal.

Any help would be appreciated.
Kenny W
XP pro
Office 2003
 
data validation for the cell B1 | go to data | validation | custom |
Allow: custom | formula : =A1<>"" | uncheck ignore blank | ok
 
Kenny,

Use data validation on B1 with the custom formula

=A1<>""


HTH,
Bernie
MS Excel MVP
 
Ah, the uncheck ignore blank was confusing me - got it working now

Many thanks to all for assisting.
Kenny W



data validation for the cell B1 | go to data | validation | custom |
Allow: custom | formula : =A1<>"" | uncheck ignore blank | ok
 
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