Creating drop-down lists in your spreadsheets is a great way to ensure that only certain information is entered into a cell.

Select where you want the drop-down list to appear. Click the Data tab and select Data Validation in the Data Tools group. A Data Validation dialog box will appear.

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.

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

Now, you can select an ID from the drop-down list in cell F2. You can also perform two-way lookups in Excel using INDEX and MATCH.