Displaying hints in a cell

[Ronald]

Hi all,

I was wondering if there is a way to dispay a kind of hint in a cell related to what the user needs to enter there.
This should always appear if the cell is empty and not there as a cell value.
I've attached a small example.

any way to do this?

 

[Asheesh]

Why are you shying away from Data validation...and then use input message

 

[Hui]

Any other technique than data validation will require VBA

 

[Ronald]

mmmm, true. Didn't think about that option...
Will try it's what I need.

Thanks everyone.