Data Valadtion / List Help

[Joneye]

I wish to create a list to use for data valadation, when I create the drop down box for list one or two it shows the dupluicate info. Is there away of removing duplicates in a list but keeping it in the same column.

NB I have read the below

http://www.contextures.com/xldataval02.html#TwoWord


<b>Excel 2003</b><table cellpadding="2.5px" rules="all" style=";background-color: #FFFFFF;border: 1px solid;border-collapse: collapse; border-color: #A6AAB6"><colgroup><col width="25px" style="background-color: #E0E0F0" /><col /><col /><col /></colgroup><thead><tr style=" background-color: #E0E0F0;text-align: center;color: #161120"><th></th><th>A</th><th>B</th><th>C</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr ><td style="color: #161120;text-align: center;">1</td><td style=";">list one</td><td style=";">list two</td><td style=";">chosen data</td></tr><tr ><td style="color: #161120;text-align: center;">2</td><td style=";">hello</td><td style=";">good morning</td><td style="text-align: right;;">1</td></tr><tr ><td style="color: #161120;text-align: center;">3</td><td style=";">hello</td><td style=";">good morning</td><td style="text-align: right;;">2</td></tr><tr ><td style="color: #161120;text-align: center;">4</td><td style=";">hello</td><td style=";">good morning</td><td style="text-align: right;;">3</td></tr><tr ><td style="color: #161120;text-align: center;">5</td><td style=";">hello</td><td style=";">good morning</td><td style="text-align: right;;">4</td></tr><tr ><td style="color: #161120;text-align: center;">6</td><td style=";">hello</td><td style=";">good morning</td><td style="text-align: right;;">5</td></tr><tr ><td style="color: #161120;text-align: center;">7</td><td style=";">goodbye</td><td style=";">good night </td><td style="text-align: right;;">6</td></tr><tr ><td style="color: #161120;text-align: center;">8</td><td style=";">goodbye</td><td style=";">good night </td><td style="text-align: right;;">7</td></tr><tr ><td style="color: #161120;text-align: center;">9</td><td style=";">goodbye</td><td style=";">good night </td><td style="text-align: right;;">8</td></tr><tr ><td style="color: #161120;text-align: center;">10</td><td style=";">goodbye</td><td style=";">good night </td><td style="text-align: right;;">9</td></tr><tr ><td style="color: #161120;text-align: center;">11</td><td style=";">goodbye</td><td style=";">good night </td><td style="text-align: right;;">10</td></tr><tr ><td style="color: #161120;text-align: center;">12</td><td style=";">goodbye</td><td style=";">good night </td><td style="text-align: right;;">11</td></tr><tr ><td style="color: #161120;text-align: center;">13</td><td style=";">goodbye</td><td style=";">good night </td><td style="text-align: right;;">12</td></tr></tbody></table><p style="width:3.6em;font-weight:bold;margin:0;padding:0.2em 0.6em 0.2em 0.5em;border: 1px solid #A6AAB6;border-top:none;text-align: center;background-color: #E0E0F0;color: #161120">Sheet1</p><br /><br /><table width="85%" cellpadding="2.5px" rules="all" style=";border: 2px solid black;border-collapse:collapse;padding: 0.4em;background-color: #FFFFFF" ><tr><td style="padding:6px" ><b>Worksheet Formulas</b><table cellpadding="2.5px" width="100%" rules="all" style="border: 1px solid;text-align:center;background-color: #FFFFFF;border-collapse: collapse; border-color: #A6AAB6"><thead><tr style=" background-color: #E0E0F0;color: #161120"><th width="10px">Cell</th><th style="text-align:left;padding-left:5px;">Formula</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><th width="10px" style=" background-color: #E0E0F0;color: #161120">A1</th><td style="text-align:left">list one</td></tr><tr><th width="10px" style=" background-color: #E0E0F0;color: #161120">B1</th><td style="text-align:left">list two</td></tr><tr><th width="10px" style=" background-color: #E0E0F0;color: #161120">C1</th><td style="text-align:left">chosen data</td></tr><tr><th width="10px" style=" background-color: #E0E0F0;color: #161120">A2</th><td style="text-align:left">hello</td></tr><tr><th width="10px" style=" background-color: #E0E0F0;color: #161120">B2</th><td style="text-align:left">good morning</td></tr><tr><th width="10px" style=" background-color: #E0E0F0;color: #161120">C2</th><td style="text-align:left">1</td></tr><tr><th width="10px" style=" background-color: #E0E0F0;color: #161120">A3</th><td style="text-align:left">hello</td></tr><tr><th width="10px" style=" background-color: #E0E0F0;color: #161120">B3</th><td style="text-align:left">good morning</td></tr><tr><th width="10px" style=" background-color: #E0E0F0;color: #161120">C3</th><td style="text-align:left">2</td></tr><tr><th width="10px" style=" background-color: #E0E0F0;color: #161120">A4</th><td style="text-align:left">hello</td></tr><tr><th width="10px" style=" background-color: #E0E0F0;color: #161120">B4</th><td style="text-align:left">good morning</td></tr><tr><th width="10px" style=" background-color: #E0E0F0;color: #161120">C4</th><td style="text-align:left">3</td></tr><tr><th width="10px" style=" background-color: #E0E0F0;color: #161120">A5</th><td style="text-align:left">hello</td></tr><tr><th width="10px" style=" background-color: #E0E0F0;color: #161120">B5</th><td style="text-align:left">good morning</td></tr><tr><th width="10px" style=" background-color: #E0E0F0;color: #161120">C5</th><td style="text-align:left">4</td></tr><tr><th width="10px" style=" background-color: #E0E0F0;color: #161120">A6</th><td style="text-align:left">hello</td></tr><tr><th width="10px" style=" background-color: #E0E0F0;color: #161120">B6</th><td style="text-align:left">good morning</td></tr><tr><th width="10px" style=" background-color: #E0E0F0;color: #161120">C6</th><td style="text-align:left">5</td></tr><tr><th width="10px" style=" background-color: #E0E0F0;color: #161120">A7</th><td style="text-align:left">goodbye</td></tr><tr><th width="10px" style=" background-color: #E0E0F0;color: #161120">B7</th><td style="text-align:left">good night </td></tr><tr><th width="10px" style=" background-color: #E0E0F0;color: #161120">C7</th><td style="text-align:left">6</td></tr><tr><th width="10px" style=" background-color: #E0E0F0;color: #161120">A8</th><td style="text-align:left">goodbye</td></tr><tr><th width="10px" style=" background-color: #E0E0F0;color: #161120">B8</th><td style="text-align:left">good night </td></tr><tr><th width="10px" style=" background-color: #E0E0F0;color: #161120">C8</th><td style="text-align:left">7</td></tr><tr><th width="10px" style=" background-color: #E0E0F0;color: #161120">A9</th><td style="text-align:left">goodbye</td></tr><tr><th width="10px" style=" background-color: #E0E0F0;color: #161120">B9</th><td style="text-align:left">good night </td></tr><tr><th width="10px" style=" background-color: #E0E0F0;color: #161120">C9</th><td style="text-align:left">8</td></tr><tr><th width="10px" style=" background-color: #E0E0F0;color: #161120">A10</th><td style="text-align:left">goodbye</td></tr><tr><th width="10px" style=" background-color: #E0E0F0;color: #161120">B10</th><td style="text-align:left">good night </td></tr><tr><th width="10px" style=" background-color: #E0E0F0;color: #161120">C10</th><td style="text-align:left">9</td></tr><tr><th width="10px" style=" background-color: #E0E0F0;color: #161120">A11</th><td style="text-align:left">goodbye</td></tr><tr><th width="10px" style=" background-color: #E0E0F0;color: #161120">B11</th><td style="text-align:left">good night </td></tr><tr><th width="10px" style=" background-color: #E0E0F0;color: #161120">C11</th><td style="text-align:left">10</td></tr><tr><th width="10px" style=" background-color: #E0E0F0;color: #161120">A12</th><td style="text-align:left">goodbye</td></tr><tr><th width="10px" style=" background-color: #E0E0F0;color: #161120">B12</th><td style="text-align:left">good night </td></tr><tr><th width="10px" style=" background-color: #E0E0F0;color: #161120">C12</th><td style="text-align:left">11</td></tr><tr><th width="10px" style=" background-color: #E0E0F0;color: #161120">A13</th><td style="text-align:left">goodbye</td></tr><tr><th width="10px" style=" background-color: #E0E0F0;color: #161120">B13</th><td style="text-align:left">good night </td></tr><tr><th width="10px" style=" background-color: #E0E0F0;color: #161120">C13</th><td style="text-align:left">12</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></table><br />

 

[Joneye]

Bump

 

[number kruncher]

You could use an Advanced Filter to show unique values to create the lists you need

 

[Joneye]

Many thanks feel free to post a link if you can.