Whether you want to restrict data inputs, ensure consistency, or avoid errors, data validation in Microsoft Excel is the tool for you. It can also serve as a vital safety net if you plan to share your ...

Google Documents and Spreadsheets gets a little better with a new data validation option that will keep you and your collaborators from filling in the wrong types of data. Josh Lowensohn joined CNET ...

How to create a drop-down list in Google Sheets Your email has been sent Inconsistent data can create problems in Google Sheets. A misspelled word, an inaccurate ...

When multiple data variables are accommodated in a project, the time and spatial grids of those variables must be identical. As such, you must control the data other people enter. That’s when you need ...

The Data Validation feature in Excel 2013 offers a List option to confine selections in a cell to a preconfigured series of values. This selection can further influence the values in another list by ...

One way businesses can save time and money is using Excel spreadsheets as data tables in which to store customer information, inventory details or other important data. Excel has several features that ...