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cell validation based on last value entered

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    cell validation based on last value entered

    Hello,

    I am trying to do the following:

    Lets say I have an excel sheet where the first column are player names from a sports team.
    I am going to take a few photos of each player (not necessarily in the same order as they are in the excel sheet)
    as I take the photos, I then type in the last photo number taken for that current player in column B next to that players name.

    What I want to to do is validate what I am typing in.I want to check the following:
    1. the value I entered is greater than the previous photo number entered for the last player (because photo numbers always increase
    and there are times when a number is incorrectly entered)

    2. the value I am entering is not more than 10 higher than the previous entered number for previous player


    Is this possible? either in excel 2003 or 2010?


    thanks!
    Last edited by johnp12; 01-15-2012 at 02:25 AM.

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    Re: cell validation based on last value entered

    Assume the first player photo # is in B2,So B3 to down use this in validation.

    Data Validation >> Whole Number >> Between

    Minimum: =B2+1
    Maximum: =B2+10

    copy B3 & down paste special >> validation.
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    Re: cell validation based on last value entered

    Am I correct saying that this would work only if the players were photographed in the order of the excel sheet?
    meaning player in B1 first, then B2, then B3 etc..?

    In my case it would be random as far as the order the players would be photographed in, so I guess the question
    is how do we know which player/cell was photographed last? ie. which cell had a value entered into it last? because
    that would be the value we would want to compare against the new cell

    thanks

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