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26<topic id="textscalcguidevalidityxml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH">
27<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Validity of Cell Contents</title>
28<filename>/text/scalc/guide/validity.xhp</filename>
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31<body>
32<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3156442"><bookmark_value>values; limiting on input</bookmark_value>
33<bookmark_value>limits; specifying value limits on input</bookmark_value>
34<bookmark_value>permitted cell contents</bookmark_value>
35<bookmark_value>data validity</bookmark_value>
36<bookmark_value>validity</bookmark_value>
37<bookmark_value>cells; validity</bookmark_value>
38<bookmark_value>error messages; defining for incorrect input</bookmark_value>
39<bookmark_value>actions in case of incorrect input</bookmark_value>
40<bookmark_value>Help tips; defining text for cell input</bookmark_value>
41<bookmark_value>comments;help text for cells</bookmark_value>
42<bookmark_value>cells; defining input help</bookmark_value>
43<bookmark_value>macros; running when incorrect input</bookmark_value>
44<bookmark_value>data; validity check</bookmark_value>
45</bookmark><comment>mw changed "limit...;"</comment>
46<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3156442" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="22"><variable id="validity"><link href="text/scalc/guide/validity.xhp" name="Validity of Cell Contents">Validity of Cell Contents</link>
47</variable></paragraph>
48<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3156283" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="2">For each cell, you can define entries to be valid. Invalid entries to a cell will be rejected.</paragraph>
49<paragraph role="warning" id="par_id3145252" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="3">The validity rule is activated when a new value is entered. If an invalid value has already been inserted into the cell, or if you insert a value in the cell either with drag-and-drop or by copying and pasting, the validity rule will not take effect.</paragraph>
50<paragraph role="note" id="par_id5174718" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">You can choose <emph>Tools - Detective</emph> at any time and choose the command <link href="text/scalc/01/06030800.xhp" name="Mark Invalid Data"><emph>Mark Invalid Data</emph></link> to display which cells contain invalid values.</paragraph>
51<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3155603" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="5">Using Cell Contents Validity</paragraph>
52<list type="ordered">
53<listitem>
54<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155959" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="6">Select the cells for which you want to define a new validity rule.</paragraph>
55</listitem>
56<listitem>
57<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3148837" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="8">Choose <item type="menuitem">Data - Validity</item>.</paragraph>
58</listitem>
59<listitem>
60<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3156020" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="9">On the <emph>Criteria</emph> tab page, enter the conditions for new values entered into cells. </paragraph>
61</listitem>
62<listitem>
63<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3159208" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="10">In the <emph>Allow</emph> field, select an option.</paragraph>
64</listitem>
65<listitem>
66<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153011" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="11">If you select "Whole Numbers", values such as "12.5" are not allowed. Choosing "Date" allows date information both in the local date format as well as in the form of a <link href="text/sbasic/shared/03030101.xhp" name="serial date">serial date</link>. Similarly, the "Time" condition permits time values such as "12:00" or serial time numbers. "Text Length" stipulates that cells are allowed to contain text only.</paragraph>
67<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id9224829" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Select "List" to enter a list of valid entries.</paragraph>
68</listitem>
69<listitem>
70<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149317" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="13">Select the next condition under <emph>Data</emph>. According to what you choose, additional options will be selectable.</paragraph>
71</listitem>
72</list>
73<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3151389" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="15">After you have determined the conditions for cell validity, you can use the other two tab pages to create message boxes:</paragraph>
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75<listitem>
76<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3159261" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="16">On the <emph>Input Help</emph> tab page, enter the title and the text of the tip, which will then be displayed if the cell is selected.</paragraph>
77</listitem>
78<listitem>
79<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3156396" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="17">On the <emph>Error Alert</emph> tab page, select the action to be carried out in the event of an error.</paragraph>
80<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3147416" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="18">If you select "Stop" as the action, invalid entries are not accepted, and the previous cell contents are retained.</paragraph>
81<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3150033" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="19">Select "Warning" or "Information" to display a dialog in which the entry can either be canceled or accepted.</paragraph>
82<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3149947" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="20">If you select "Macro", then by using the <emph>Browse</emph> button you can specify a macro to be run in the event of an error.</paragraph>
83</listitem>
84</list>
85<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149011" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="35">To display the error message, select <emph>Show error message when invalid values are entered</emph>.</paragraph>
86<embed href="text/scalc/01/12120300.xhp#examplemakro"/>
87<paragraph role="note" id="par_id3148586" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="21">After changing the action for a cell on the <emph>Error Alert</emph> tab page and closing the dialog with OK, you must first select another cell before the change takes effect.</paragraph>
88<section id="relatedtopics">
89<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154805" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="30"><link href="text/scalc/01/12120000.xhp" name="Data - Validity">Data - Validity</link></paragraph>
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