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Validation Excel

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by - delegate Harold [2 posts] (2006 Nov 30 Thu, 14:38) Reply

Can you set a validation in excel on a range of texts ie other than the text length?The validation should limit the range for inputting text only? Eg Allow text only!

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RE: Validation Excel

by - trainer Orok bronze contributer [29 posts] (2006 Dec 1 Fri, 09:22) Reply

Hi Harold,

I am unaware of any validations in Excel that limit data inputs to text only. You can format cells to display numeric data as text, that is, it displays left aligned.

Please note that such validations are available in Access

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