Drop-down lists aren't as tricky to use as people think, so you should be able to figure it out without the dreaded hour-long YouTube tutorial. Launch Excel and select the cell where the list will ...

To create a drop-down list in Excel, you will use the Data Validation feature. This feature enables you to set specific criteria for the data that can be entered into a cell.

Inserting Drop-Down Lists with Data Validation Once you have created named ranges for your lists, the next step is to insert the drop-down lists using Excel’s data validation feature.