Click on the cell and hit Alt+Down arrow key until your selection is made.
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Anne Troy
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"MatthewTap" <MatthewTap@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:A20AA9FB-7759-418F-B426-73CD1CFFF315@microsoft.com...
> In editing a list in Data Validation and using the arrow keys it will not
> help me move around in the list, but will select the cells around the
> fields
> I'm validation, and thus will enter into the list things along the lines
> of:
> =$E$1
>
> Is there a way I can switch the focus to the list so that I can use the
> arrow keys to move within the list?