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Schmacker
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Apr 13, 2022
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Drop-down not functional

What would cause a drop-down to not function? I use drop-downs all the time, and haven't had this happen: Data validation applied to one column on a worksheet. Configured as List, with Source being ...
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    Martin_Weiss
    Nov 02, 2022

    Hi Schmacker 

     

    the solution for this strange behaviour is a setting in the advanced Excel options. For whatever reason, this flag "For objects, show:" is set to "Nothing (hide objects)" in your workbook.

     

    Once you set it to "All", the dropdwon arrows will re-appear.

     


    Kind regards,
    Martin

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