How to Make a Drop Down Box to Allow Multiple Selections in Excel. Microsoft Excel allows you to create a drop-down list that gives you the ability to choose values or items listed in one cell.

Microsoft Excel can save you time in lots of little ways, like adding a drop-down list to cells so that only pre-written text can be entered.

Adding a drop-down list in Excel is a quick and efficient way to choose predefined data. Here's how to create a drop-down list in Microsoft Excel.

Learn how to create a drop-down list in Excel without or with color using conditional formatting and data validation rules.

Drop-down lists in Excel let you create a list of valid choices that you can select for a given field. We'll show you how to use tables, named ranges, formulas, data validation, and table styles.

You can easily create a drop-down list in Excel to limit the values that can be entered in a column. Here's how to set one up.

Here's a quick tip for creating a Microsoft Excel drop down list from another tab.

Jason Hiner is Editorial Director of CNET and former Editor in Chief of TechRepublic. He's co-author of the book, Follow the Geeks. Drop down lists can greatly facilitate data entry. Learn how to ...