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Autopopulate columns upon time zone selection

Currently, the columns populate when a name is typed in.  I want to change this so that the columns (D through G) populate when the time zone in column B is selected.
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The formula in D4 now looks like this and has been copied down to D100
=if(B4="","",mid(text(now()+vlookup(B4,sheet3!A:B,2,false)/24+vlookup(C4,sheet3!C:D,2,false)/24+5/24,"'Weekday 'E"),8,10))

The formulas  in E4-G4 have also been updated to IF(B4..... and likewise been copied down to row 100.

Note that you need to select values in both columns B and C before you see any values in D-F since both columns B and C are part of the calculations.

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I didn't know that.  That makes it kludgy at best.  Do you have any other suggestions?  Is there not any way to have the default value C be 0?
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There is also some problem with the date values.  Sure do wish there was a way to protect that.  Your assistance is greatly appreciated sir.
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Problem with auto-population remains.  Why can't column C auto-populate also with a default value of 0.  Wouldn't that make the rest of them populate?
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OK, that works out alright.  I know the app is limited.  This sheet though needs to be shared so I couldn't do it in Excel.  That is the nature of this project.  Note that in this screenshot >>> http://screencast.com/t/zqvAo5tDmt , the scrolling usually shown to select from the list of the time zones is missing.  I am using the latest version of Firefox which could be contributing to the problem.  I notice that this only happens the first time you try to select a time zone.  If you go back to it, then the scroll bar is there.  Can that be fixed?  I think we are almost home on this one.
This happens to me too. I don't think it's got anything to do with the browser but it is the google docs application that works that way. Not much you can do about that other than make a complaint in google docs support. I also tried it with the Google Chrome browser with the same results.

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Curt