Excel: Creating a dropdown list in cells

I've seen this a couple of times but never got around to figuring out how it works.

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  • First, type up the cells which will be used as reference.
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  • Select the cells you want to apply the "dropdown list" to
  • Click on Data > Validation
  • Change "Allow" to "List"
  • Click the little weird icon in "Source"
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  • Select the cells containing the list of items
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  • Confirm by clicking the little weird icon on the right.
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  • Click OK
  • Now the dropdowns should be enabled.
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