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mpalone111777
Jun 05, 2024Copper Contributor
seeking guidance phrasing my questions so I can use help files
I have spent hours using the help files for a project I am working on. However, since I am so new to excel, I don't know how to phrase my questions so I can use help files. I am trying to create a ...
mpalone111777
Jun 05, 2024Copper Contributor
Thank you so much! I REALLY appreciate your help! Yeah, I wanted the drop down to be a single word vs the entire text I need to use. What I want to populate are entire paragraphs, so I wanted the drop down to be a simple association without having to read 20 different paragraphs. Do you know if that is even possible?
JKPieterse
Jun 06, 2024Silver Contributor
mpalone111777 You can pull other information from adjacent columns using the XLOOKUP function. Check out Help. You would add a column to the table the current validation is pulling the short string from to hold the long strings.