Special symbols/font in data validation

mikeymay

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  1. 365
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  1. Windows
I have a specialist font for garment care symbols (Medium iron, do no wash, dry clean only, etc) which I need to show in a drop down.

The font I have installed shows the actual symbols in the cell but when the drop down is clicked it shows the alphanumeric characters (t, f, x ,!, etc).

Is there anyway to show the actual symbols in the drop-down?


TIA
 

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Control Word Wrap
Press Alt+Enter to move to a new row in a cell. Lets you control where the words wrap.
I don’t think you can do that with data validation, you may want to use a combobox instead.
You can set up a combobox that act like data validation & set it up to be dynamically visible (it will show up only when you enter a certain cells).
 
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