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Old 09-15-07, 14:40
mike21152 mike21152 is offline
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Conditional range problem

Hello all - I'm usually a database guy (Access) but now I'm on an Excel project, with a perplexing problem.

My project has an opening screen that calls for a range(turned into a dropdown from validation) to be "invisible" when:

1: the page opens
2: the user selects "NO" from ANOTHER dropdown on that page.

I can't find anything to help me on this, and I own a few Excel books. Google gives me no results either.

Does anyone have anything they've done that will help?

Mike
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Old 09-15-07, 14:46
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Oh, yeah - the dropdowns in question are named ranges; each is just one cell as a dropdown.
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Old 09-15-07, 17:31
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Howdy. So are you wanting to know how to do an opening screen? Or how to make the drop down conditional? What are the options on the drop down besides "No"?
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Old 09-16-07, 11:05
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I want to know if there is a way to make a range not visible when an excel sheet is opened. The range is formatted as a data validation dropdown. I tried using code from a recorded macro to unformat the range so that it just blends in with the page and clears the contents, but for some reason it didn't work. I put it in to the code for a "Next" button that the previous programmer has on it. This is NOT a form, only a sheet, so there is no Form_Load here.

The options on one dropdown are: High, Medium, Low. The other is Yes,No. That's the condition. If NO I want the Hi/Med/Lo dropdwon to disappear. If YES, it stays.

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