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Posted something similar today but Ive reworked this a bit more.

I have got my data validation to look updata via a vlooup, what I need in cell H2 is the ability to scroll from cells D7 to D13 and choose one. (Column E will serve a purpose but not now)

Can this be done?


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right;;"></td><td style=";">goodbye</td><td style=";">good night </td><td style="text-align: right;;"></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><td style="text-align: right;;">£14.00</td><td style="text-align: right;;"></td><td style="text-align: right;;"></td><td style="text-align: right;;"></td><td style="text-align: right;;"></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><td style="text-align: right;;">£15.00</td><td style="text-align: right;;"></td><td style="text-align: right;;"></td><td style="text-align: right;;"></td><td style="text-align: right;;"></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><td style="text-align: right;;">£16.00</td><td style="text-align: right;;"></td><td style="text-align: right;;"></td><td style="text-align: right;;"></td><td style="text-align: right;;"></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><td style="text-align: right;;">£17.00</td><td style="text-align: right;;"></td><td style="text-align: right;;"></td><td style="text-align: right;;"></td><td style="text-align: right;;"></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><td style="text-align: right;;">£18.00</td><td style="text-align: right;;"></td><td style="text-align: right;;"></td><td style="text-align: right;;"></td><td style="text-align: right;;"></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><td style="text-align: right;;">£19.00</td><td style="text-align: right;;"></td><td style="text-align: right;;"></td><td style="text-align: right;;"></td><td style="text-align: right;;"></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><td style="text-align: right;;">£20.00</td><td style="text-align: right;;"></td><td style="text-align: right;;"></td><td style="text-align: right;;"></td><td style="text-align: right;;"></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><td style="text-align: right;;">£21.00</td><td style="text-align: right;;"></td><td style="text-align: right;;"></td><td style="text-align: right;;"></td><td style="text-align: right;;"></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><td style="text-align: right;;">£22.00</td><td style="text-align: right;;"></td><td style="text-align: right;;"></td><td style="text-align: right;;"></td><td style="text-align: right;;"></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><td style="text-align: right;;">£23.00</td><td style="text-align: right;;"></td><td style="text-align: right;;"></td><td style="text-align: right;;"></td><td style="text-align: right;;"></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><td style="text-align: right;;">£24.00</td><td style="text-align: right;;"></td><td style="text-align: right;;"></td><td style="text-align: right;;"></td><td style="text-align: right;;"></td></tr><tr ><td style="color: #161120;text-align: center;">14</td><td style="text-align: right;;"></td><td style="text-align: right;;"></td><td style="text-align: right;;"></td><td style="text-align: right;;"></td><td style="text-align: right;;"></td><td style="text-align: right;;"></td><td style="text-align: right;;"></td><td style="text-align: right;;"></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">G2</th><td style="text-align:left">=VLOOKUP(<font color="Blue">F2,A2:B13,2,0</font>)</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></table><br />
 

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Joneye said:
Posted something similar today but Ive reworked this a bit more.

I have got my data validation to look updata via a vlooup, what I need in cell H2 is the ability to scroll from cells D7 to D13 and choose one. (Column E will serve a purpose but not now)

Can this be done?
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With a helper column.

<table valign="middle" colspan="11" style="font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:#FFFFFF; font-size:11px; font-weight:bold; font-style:normal; " border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"><colgroup><col width="28pt"><col width="45,75pt"><col width="69,75pt"><col width="60,75pt"><col width="39,75pt"><col width="60pt"><col width="45,75pt"><col width="54,75pt"><col width="34,5pt"><col width="34,5pt"><col width="60pt"></colgroup><tbody><tr style="background-color:#FAFAFA"><td colspan="11" align="center">Worksheet 'Tabelle1'</td></tr><tr style="background-color:#cacaca"><td>
</td><td align="center">A</td><td align="center">B</td><td align="center">C</td><td align="center">D</td><td align="center">E</td><td align="center">F</td><td align="center">G</td><td align="center">H</td><td align="center">I</td><td align="center">J</td></tr><tr><td style="background-color:#cacaca" align="center">1</td><td align="left">list one</td><td align="left">list two</td><td align="left">chosen data</td><td align="left">Costing</td><td align="right">
</td><td align="left">list one</td><td align="left">list two</td><td align="left">Result</td><td align="right">
</td><td style="color:#FFFFFF; background-color:#B2B2B2; " align="right">
</td></tr><tr><td style="background-color:#cacaca" align="center">2</td><td style="font-weight:normal; " align="left">hello</td><td style="font-weight:normal; " align="left">good morning</td><td style="font-weight:normal; " align="right">1</td><td style="font-weight:normal; " align="left">£13.00</td><td style="font-weight:normal; " align="right">
</td><td style="font-weight:normal; " align="left">goodbye</td><td style="font-weight:normal; " align="left">good night</td><td style="font-weight:normal; " align="left">£21.00</td><td style="font-weight:normal; " align="right">
</td><td style="color:#FFFFFF; background-color:#B2B2B2; font-weight:normal; " align="left">£18.00</td></tr><tr><td style="background-color:#cacaca" align="center">3</td><td style="font-weight:normal; " align="left">hello</td><td style="font-weight:normal; " align="left">good morning</td><td style="font-weight:normal; " align="right">2</td><td style="font-weight:normal; " align="left">£14.00</td><td style="font-weight:normal; " align="right">
</td><td style="font-weight:normal; " align="right">
</td><td style="font-weight:normal; " align="right">
</td><td style="font-weight:normal; " align="right">
</td><td style="font-weight:normal; " align="right">
</td><td style="color:#FFFFFF; background-color:#B2B2B2; font-weight:normal; " align="left">£19.00</td></tr><tr><td style="background-color:#cacaca" align="center">4</td><td style="font-weight:normal; " align="left">hello</td><td style="font-weight:normal; " align="left">good morning</td><td style="font-weight:normal; " align="right">3</td><td style="font-weight:normal; " align="left">£15.00</td><td style="font-weight:normal; " align="right">
</td><td style="font-weight:normal; " align="right">
</td><td style="font-weight:normal; " align="right">
</td><td style="font-weight:normal; " align="right">
</td><td style="font-weight:normal; " align="right">
</td><td style="color:#FFFFFF; background-color:#B2B2B2; font-weight:normal; " align="left">£20.00</td></tr><tr><td style="background-color:#cacaca" align="center">5</td><td style="font-weight:normal; " align="left">hello</td><td style="font-weight:normal; " align="left">good morning</td><td style="font-weight:normal; " align="right">4</td><td style="font-weight:normal; " align="left">£16.00</td><td style="font-weight:normal; " align="right">
</td><td style="font-weight:normal; " align="right">
</td><td style="font-weight:normal; " align="right">
</td><td style="font-weight:normal; " align="right">
</td><td style="font-weight:normal; " align="right">
</td><td style="color:#FFFFFF; background-color:#B2B2B2; font-weight:normal; " align="left">£21.00</td></tr><tr><td style="background-color:#cacaca" align="center">6</td><td style="font-weight:normal; " align="left">hello</td><td style="font-weight:normal; " align="left">good morning</td><td style="font-weight:normal; " align="right">5</td><td style="font-weight:normal; " align="left">£17.00</td><td style="font-weight:normal; " align="right">
</td><td style="font-weight:normal; " align="right">
</td><td style="font-weight:normal; " align="right">
</td><td style="font-weight:normal; " align="right">
</td><td style="font-weight:normal; " align="right">
</td><td style="color:#FFFFFF; background-color:#B2B2B2; font-weight:normal; " align="left">£22.00</td></tr><tr><td style="background-color:#cacaca" align="center">7</td><td style="font-weight:normal; " align="left">goodbye</td><td style="font-weight:normal; " align="left">good night</td><td style="font-weight:normal; " align="right">6</td><td style="font-weight:normal; " align="left">£18.00</td><td style="font-weight:normal; " align="right">
</td><td style="font-weight:normal; " align="right">
</td><td style="font-weight:normal; " align="right">
</td><td style="font-weight:normal; " align="right">
</td><td style="font-weight:normal; " align="right">
</td><td style="color:#FFFFFF; background-color:#B2B2B2; font-weight:normal; " align="left">£23.00</td></tr><tr><td style="background-color:#cacaca" align="center">8</td><td style="font-weight:normal; " align="left">goodbye</td><td style="font-weight:normal; " align="left">good night</td><td style="font-weight:normal; " align="right">7</td><td style="font-weight:normal; " align="left">£19.00</td><td style="font-weight:normal; " align="right">
</td><td style="font-weight:normal; " align="right">
</td><td style="font-weight:normal; " align="right">
</td><td style="font-weight:normal; " align="right">
</td><td style="font-weight:normal; " align="right">
</td><td style="color:#FFFFFF; background-color:#B2B2B2; font-weight:normal; " align="left">£24.00</td></tr><tr><td style="background-color:#cacaca" align="center">9</td><td style="font-weight:normal; " align="left">goodbye</td><td style="font-weight:normal; " align="left">good night</td><td style="font-weight:normal; " align="right">8</td><td style="font-weight:normal; " align="left">£20.00</td><td style="font-weight:normal; " align="right">
</td><td style="font-weight:normal; " align="right">
</td><td style="font-weight:normal; " align="right">
</td><td style="font-weight:normal; " align="right">
</td><td style="font-weight:normal; " align="right">
</td><td style="color:#FFFFFF; background-color:#B2B2B2; font-weight:normal; " align="left">
</td></tr><tr><td style="background-color:#cacaca" align="center">10</td><td style="font-weight:normal; " align="left">goodbye</td><td style="font-weight:normal; " align="left">good night</td><td style="font-weight:normal; " align="right">9</td><td style="font-weight:normal; " align="left">£21.00</td><td style="font-weight:normal; " align="right">
</td><td style="font-weight:normal; " align="right">
</td><td style="font-weight:normal; " align="right">
</td><td style="font-weight:normal; " align="right">
</td><td style="font-weight:normal; " align="right">
</td><td style="color:#FFFFFF; background-color:#B2B2B2; font-weight:normal; " align="left">
</td></tr><tr><td style="background-color:#cacaca" align="center">11</td><td style="font-weight:normal; " align="left">goodbye</td><td style="font-weight:normal; " align="left">good night</td><td style="font-weight:normal; " align="right">10</td><td style="font-weight:normal; " align="left">£22.00</td><td style="font-weight:normal; " align="right">
</td><td style="font-weight:normal; " align="right">
</td><td style="font-weight:normal; " align="right">
</td><td style="font-weight:normal; " align="right">
</td><td style="font-weight:normal; " align="right">
</td><td style="color:#FFFFFF; background-color:#B2B2B2; font-weight:normal; " align="left">
</td></tr><tr><td style="background-color:#cacaca" align="center">12</td><td style="font-weight:normal; " align="left">goodbye</td><td style="font-weight:normal; " align="left">good night</td><td style="font-weight:normal; " align="right">11</td><td style="font-weight:normal; " align="left">£23.00</td><td style="font-weight:normal; " align="right">
</td><td style="font-weight:normal; " align="right">
</td><td style="font-weight:normal; " align="right">
</td><td style="font-weight:normal; " align="right">
</td><td style="font-weight:normal; " align="right">
</td><td style="color:#FFFFFF; background-color:#B2B2B2; font-weight:normal; " align="left">
</td></tr><tr><td style="background-color:#cacaca" align="center">13</td><td style="font-weight:normal; " align="left">goodbye</td><td style="font-weight:normal; " align="left">good night</td><td style="font-weight:normal; " align="right">12</td><td style="font-weight:normal; " align="left">£24.00</td><td style="font-weight:normal; " align="right">
</td><td style="font-weight:normal; " align="right">
</td><td style="font-weight:normal; " align="right">
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</td><td style="color:#FFFFFF; background-color:#B2B2B2; font-weight:normal; " align="left">
</td></tr></tbody></table>
<table valign="middle" colspan="2" style="table-layout:auto; color:#000000; background-color:#FFFFFF; font-family:Calibri; font-size:10px;" border="3" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"><colgroup><col width="40pt"><col></colgroup><tbody><tr style="background-color:#eeaaaa"><td>Cell</td><td>Formula</td></tr><tr><td>J2</td><td>{=IF(COUNTIF($A$2:$A$13,$F$2)<ROWS(J$2:J2),"",INDEX($D$2:$D$13,SMALL(IF($A$2:$A$13=$F$2,ROW($D$2:$D$13)-ROW($D$2)+1),ROWS(J$2:J2))))}</td></tr></tbody></table><table style="font-family:Arial; font-size:8pt; background-color:#FFFFFF"><tbody><tr><td style="font-weight:bold">Contains array formula!</td></tr><tr><td>Do not enter the curly brackets {}.
</td></tr><tr><td>Enter the formula with CTRL-SHIFT-ENTER instead of just ENTER.
</td></tr></tbody></table>
<table valign="middle" colspan="5" style="color:#000000; background-color:#FFFFFF; font-family:Calibri; font-size:10px;" border="3" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr style="background-color:#aaeeee"><td>Cell
</td><td>Validationtype</td><td>Operator</td><td>Value1</td><td>Value2</td></tr><tr><td>H2</td><td>List</td><td>
</td><td>=J2:INDEX($J$2:$J$17,COUNTIF($A$2:$A$13,$F$2))</td><td>
</td></tr></tbody></table><table style="font-family:Arial; font-size:7pt"><tbody><tr><td style="color:#333333">Created with Tab2HTML (v2.4.1). ©Gerd alias Bamberg
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