To add the Forms command to your QAT, go to the QAT and click the drop-down arrow to open the customize menu. Select More Commands to open the Excel Options dialog box.

Inserting Drop-Down Lists with Data Validation Once you have created named ranges for your lists, the next step is to insert the drop-down lists using Excel’s data validation feature.

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

Pro Tip: Add Drop-Down Lists to the Lookup Cells Now that your two-way lookup is complete, you could go one step further by adding a drop-down list to the cells containing the lookup values to ...

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.