Custom Lists in Excel

"Have it your way" does not only apply to old Burger King ads, you can also create Custom Lists in

Excel that meet your special requirements. Excel provides many familiar Built-in Lists, such as Sunday-Saturday, January- December, etc. You may find your own, user-defined lists very practical, however, as they can be used for sorting or Auto-Filling your data.

• Let's say, for instance, that you want to want to make a Special Sorting Order for the Sales Personnel in your company: Vice President of Sales, National Sales Manager, Regional Sales Manager, Department Sales Manager, and Sales Representative.
• Perhaps you want a Custom List by region: Northeast, Central, North, South, Northwest, Southwest. It is all quite easy.

Assuming your custom list is not too lengthy, you can type the values directly in the dialog box (if your list is long, you can import it from a range of cells.)

Using Excel 2007 for this Demonstration, Here is the Easiest Way to Do This:

1. Click the Microsoft Office Button, (go to File/Advanced tab in later versions ), and then click the Excel Options button
2. Click the Popular category, and then under Top options for working with Excel, click the Edit Custom Lists button
3. In the Custom Lists box, click NEW LIST, and then type the entries in the List entries slot
4. When the list is complete, click Add
5. Click OK twice

 

Presto! The items in the list that you selected are added to the Custom Lists box.

Cool Feature: The Custom List is added to your computer's registry, so it is available for use in other Excel workbooks.

Try it out! It takes only a minute or two to make your own, reusable Custom List!