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How do you use validation on Excel?

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Validation allows you to limit what goes into cells. By applying validation you can do things like put an lower and upper limit on numbers entered into a cell, like allow only values between 1 to 100. You can also use it to highlight cells that already have values that are not valid, by applying validation and getting Excel to draw red ovals around the ones that are invalid. This can help you find errors in values that have already been entered. Validation allows you prompt the user to tell them what can be entered and also give them a message to tell them what they have done wrong.

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