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Can anyone tell me how I can use a drop down list of months (april - march) and use that list to show only certain rows on the worksheet - depending on what month is selected?

It's a tricky one - help very much appreciated.

ExcelBob

elaborate....just a little bit on this one so we know exactly what you want..

Bob,
Something like, assuming the months are in the first column of data:
Private Sub cboMonths_Click()
Range("rngData").AutoFilter Field:=1, Criteria1:=cboMonths.Text
End Sub

NickHK

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> Can anyone tell me how I can use a drop down list of months (april -
> march) and use that list to show only certain rows on the worksheet -
> depending on what month is selected?
>
> It's a tricky one - help very much appreciated.
>
> ExcelBob
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Hi Bob,

not sure if this will help, but if you set a macro in your Worksheet (as
opposed to a Module) to trigger when the value in your drop-down list cell
(assuming you're using Data Validation in a cell), and set this to select
rows based on the value entered, where you define them as Hidden = True, then
this might do the job for you? If there are more to be hidden than unhidden,
if you select valid rows as Hidden = True, then the ones you want visible as
Hidden = False, this will just show the ones you're after.

Like gti_jobert says, if you can provide a little more info, might be able
to come up with something a little more appropriate?

HTH
DS

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> Can anyone tell me how I can use a drop down list of months (april -
> march) and use that list to show only certain rows on the worksheet -
> depending on what month is selected?
>
> It's a tricky one - help very much appreciated.
>
> ExcelBob
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What I've got is about 20 rows in column A with April, May, June, July etc written in. Then in B3 I have a drop down list of months and when you select April I want it to show only the 20 rows with April in column A etc

Autofilter does work to an extent, but I don’t want the user to be able to show all rows at once (just the rows that relate to the month they are working on). Plus autofilter displays the months in alphabetical order which doesn’t look good.

Once a month has been selected data needs to be entered into the workbook to the right hand side and is then copied onto other sheets depending on what month is selected.

dunno....like this:

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HTH

this would be better;

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Roger Govier


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> What I've got is about 20 rows in column A with April, May, June, July
> etc written in. Then in B3 I have a drop down list of months and when
> you select April I want it to show only the 20 rows with April in
> column A etc
>
> Autofilter does work to an extent, but I don’t want the user to be
> able
> to show all rows at once (just the rows that relate to the month they
> are working on). Plus autofilter displays the months in alphabetical
> order which doesn’t look good.
>
> Once a month has been selected data needs to be entered into the
> workbook to the right hand side and is then copied onto other sheets
> depending on what month is selected.
>
>
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