Today we'll look at how you can add a dropdown menu to cells in Excel for a budget spreadsheet.
Let’s say you are analyzing a budget to determine if an expense is a fixed cost or a variable cost. Fixed expenses like a mortgage or your rent don’t allow for much tweaking, but variable expenses like a water or electric bill might be opportunities for cost cutting.
Step 1: To begin, we are going to select the cells in the newly created Expense column.
Step 2: Go to the Data menu and select Data Validation. Change the Allow area to a List and for the source you will add your dropdown options, separated by a comma.
You will now see a dropdown menu option for all the cells you selected in the first step.
Enjoy your new dropdown menus!
