There is a way around that. You can set a VLookup. What
you need to do is setup a master list. ie. If you have a
list of ten items that you want to coordinate a number
with you need to input the name of the items in the first
cell and in the cell beside it assign a number to it.
Column A Column B
Red 1
Blue 2
Yellow 3
Purple 4
etc . . .
Then you need to assign the following formula.
=VLOOKUP(B22,$A$2:$B$13,2,FALSE)
B22 is the cell that you want the result in.
$A$2:$B$13, would be all of your data in columns A & B
2 means that you want whatever is in column B to be
displayed in B22 whenever the related color in typed. Ie.
when you type Red in a cell, then 1 will be displayed
cell B22.