Tom’s Tutorials For Excel: Forcing entries in UPPER case

Tom’s Tutorials For Excel: Forcing Entries in UPPER Case

Here’s how you can force users to enter all alpha (letter) characters in UPPER case, using Data Validation and no programming code.



To make this happen, press Alt+D+L on your keyboard to show the Data Validation dialog box.



Next, follow the pictured sequence, and note the formula =EXACT(A1,UPPER(A1)) being used, because A1 is the demonstration cell in this example.

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2 comments on “Tom’s Tutorials For Excel: Forcing entries in UPPER case
  1. Rushabh Shah says:

    Found the UPPER example to be useful

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