In the Status column, I want to create a drop-down menu to add the current status for each task quickly. I will use Excel’s data validation to get the job done.

Click the source menu to take you to the sheet with parameters. Select the values you want to assign and click ok. Thats it. You can now see a drop-down menu appearing under the Task Priority column.

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