Excel drop-down lists

Hi,
Someone emailed an Excel spreadsheet to me and the spreadsheet is supposed to contain drop-down lists, but it doesn't. If I open the spreadsheet on a desktop (ie not a mac), the drop-down lists appear as they are supposed to. Does anyone know what I can do to make the lists appear on my mac? Thanks!!

Hi
Welcome to Apple discussions
Excel spreadsheets are meant to be opened by the Excel program, which is part of Microsoft Office. This would normally mean that they will only open on machines on which MS Office is installed. You can buy MS Office for Macs but there is a free alternative. If you download and install the free NeoOffice program from http://www.neooffice.org/neojava/en/index.php it should be able to open your Excel spreadsheet for you.
Bob

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Populate a drop down list with data from Excel and fill in a text field, based on drop down selectio

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I have a problem with a PDF form: There's a drop down list that I populate with Excel data that I've put in an XML file through an XSD file -- no problem here. The drop down list has a data binding to the XML file, so that a choice in the drop down list can be associated with an object in the XML file. So, when I make a choice in the drop down list, a corresponding object value is fetched from the XML file and put in a text field on the form.
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http://forms.stefcameron.com/2006/07/29/dynamic-properties/
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Although your issue is far beyond mine, I was hoping you can help me out.....
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Populating Drop down List in Excel Planning Layout

HI!
hopefully somebody can help me.
I have a simple planing function ( copy function: Version1 => Version2 ), Version2 the target version is a BEx Variable and a parameter of the copy planing function.
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Mike Khatib

Hello Mike,
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On Error Resume Next
lComboBoxName = "DROPDOWN_22"
Set BEx1 = Application.Run("BExAnalyzer.xla!GetBEx")
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Comment the last line and add a function to output the chosen value to a cell in the workbook
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End Sub
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If you need further information dont hesitate to ask me!
Best regards
Johannes
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How do I add rows to a drop down list. I am using Excel 2008

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Any of this help?
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Click the Settings tab.
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http://support.microsoft.com/kb/141573
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http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/excel-help/about-excel-lists-HP001004433.aspx

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I have found an issue with the filter drop-down list in Excel 2010. I have now been upgraded (by my employee) to Excel 2013 and same problem still exists.
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(1) What is the cause of the problem? Is there are better fix that addresses the cause, rather than having to use work-arounds?
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Hi Jan,
Thank you very much! Yes you are right - I have looked at the Current Region and the Council Names within that region match those in the filter list. The Current Region does not contain the entire sheet.
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Further questions
(1) It is odd, though, that an earlier version of the same spread sheet had a complete list of council names (the current range on this sheet contains all of the required rows of the sheet). How did the current region change between versions (I did not knowingly
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Raju Rajendran

Hi Raju,
Base on my test in excel 2013, it works fine.
Create a new excel file and save as xls
Add data (data validation for dropdownlist)
What’s the version of your excel? Could you reproduce that issue in a new file? You may share the sample file on the OneDrive.
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Creating a drop down list and linking it to Excel files

How to create a drop down list and when i select any row in the dropdown list, it must open designated MS- Excel file? Can anyone help me in this with an example code?
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Try this in 7.0 format.
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How can I make a bound drop-down list using OAF?

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I'm sorry this is such a basic question, but I've been trying for days, and I can't think of anywhere else to look for an answer.
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Hi Rafael,
I've done something similar.
In one cell I've put a drop down list, using Excel's data validation. The members in the list are human-readable text values, so the user can select one of these descriptive values.
In a second cell, these text values are transcoded into numeric values, thanks to function VLOOLUP. This cell is in the data range of an EvDRE expansion area, so when the user saves data the numeric value gets written to the back-end.
In a 3rd cell I fetch the numeric value currently saved on the server, via an EvGET.
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ActiveCell.FormulaR1C1 = <the value of the 4th cell>
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However I still miss something. I've set the Excel validation only in the 1st cell of the 1st row, and I want that the EvDRE expansion copies the validation to all other cells in all rows resulting from expansion. But this does not happen! Validation is not copied during expasion.
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I've solved this issue. The solution is described here:
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Hi Ethan,
yes, you are right, with VLOOKUP you get the information I want, but only in ONE direction. By "one direction" I mean that I can get in the cell with the VLOOKUP the text I want by reading a (numerical) value from a different referenced cell. But I would also need to be able of changing value in that same cell (by picking up one of those text values from a drop down list) and having the corresponding numerical value written on the referenced cell. Can you see the difference?
In few words, I would need a cell to read and write a value (just as the raw EvSND allows), but converting the numerical value into its corresponding text value.
Regards,
Rafael
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~OK~
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regards
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wa_value_set-text = 'Two'.
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insert wa_value_set into table lt_value_set.
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