Use a custom list to sort or fill in a user-defined order. Excel provides day-of-the-week and month-of-the year built-in lists, but you can also create your own custom list.

Sort a list by days of the week or months of the year or sort by priorities in Excel. Or you can create your own custom list for items that don't sort well alphabetically.

You can insert a drop-down list of valid entries (also called a drop-down menu or drop-down box) in Excel to make data entry easier, or to limit entries to certain items that you define.

In Excel for Mac, you can sort a list of data by days of the week or months of the year. Or, create your own custom list for items that don't sort well alphabetically. You can also sort by font …

In the Sort dialog box, under Column, in the Sort by or Then by box, select the column that you want to sort by a custom list. In the Custom Lists dialog box, select the list that you want. …

Use data validation rules to control the type of data or the values that users enter into a cell. One example of validation is a drop-down list (also called a drop-down box or drop-down menu). …

If you set up your list source as an Excel table, then all you need to do is add or remove items from the list, and Excel will automatically update any associated drop-downs for you.

Add a list box to your Excel worksheet from which users can choose a value. Make data entry easier by letting users choose a value from a combo box. A combo box combines a text box …

When publishing a task list, you can either manually select teams from your organization's hierarchy or you can upload a custom list of teams using an Excel file.

In SharePoint or the Microsoft Lists app, export list items shown in the current view to Excel so that you can work with the data in a workbook.