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doug_61
Mar 15, 2019Copper Contributor
Auotmatic population of a pick list by a keyword
Hi All, I'm creating a costing sheet for equipment and I need to choose similar items from a list. To save sorting through a large pick list I need to be able to type a keyword which will populate a...
Twifoo
Mar 15, 2019Silver Contributor
Please attach your sample file.
- doug_61Apr 08, 2019Copper Contributor
My apoligies I have been unavailable for a couple of weeks.. In Reply..
What we are trying to do is type a keyword into a cell (see A31 below) which will then return a list of items with the same keyword from another sheet that we can select an item from.
The list we would get back would look similar to this
Once the item is chosen a value would then populate the corresponding cell in the row, in this case cell D31.
The macros seen in the first item are being removed to allow for more space on the A4 page when a hard copy is printed.
Is it poosible to embed a macro into a picklist or vlookup?