Excel grays out menu commands for unavailable features or functions. To unlock the grayed-out menus, first review the most common causes, then take the steps necessary make the menu active. By default ...

Do you like menus? Menus tend to be overlooked in the desire to show every possible option at once in a toolbar or palette, but the nice thing about a menu is that its there when you need it and out ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Data validation in Excel allows you to create drop-down menus right inside individual cells. You can also restrict the types of values entered into different cells.

VBA may have a bad reputation, but it's still one of the most effective ways to automate repetitive actions in standard XLSX ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Data validation in Excel allows you to create drop-down menus right inside individual cells. You can also restrict the types of values entered into different cells.

From simple lists to dynamic spill ranges and cascading menus, Excel drop-downs offer flexible control over data entry.

People who use the web editions of Microsoft's Word, Excel, and PowerPoint productivity apps will soon see some file menu improvements including changes to renaming files and more. Earlier this week, ...

Are all or some menu options greyed out in Excel for you? Some Office users have reported that certain or many menus are grayed out in their Excel sheets. Whenever they try to click on such menus, the ...