It could be worse. You know, like a checklist. The users would go down, the list, hit the appropriate checkboxes and then we would have a script that extracts this data, and builds an exception list. Oh, not many — maybe like a in total, spread across worksheets. And the good news is that the questionnaire already exists in Word document so you can just like copy and paste it.

How to quickly insert multiple checkboxes in Excel?

Each checkbox is linked to a cell and toggling it will toggle the value of the cell between TRUE and FALSE. Extracting data is trivial. There is no easy way to copy these checkboxes. Or rather you can copy them, but their cell references do not change. So you have to change the linked cell property for every single checkbox manually. The following script will prompt the user for 3 things: A10 which is the range where the checkboxes will be inserted, a Linked Column to be used for linked cells the row number of the linked cell will be the same as the row number of where the checkbox was inserted and a Checkbox Label the text to be displayed next to the checkbox.

Then it will generate the right number of checkboxes. Here is the code:. Address 0, 0 End With. So here you go, inserting checkboxes the lazy way. Welcome to my purgatory, I hope you can feel my opain. Now excuse me while I go shoot myself in the face with a shotgun.

Another reason to not use Excel… while i dont think the alternatives like OpenOffice or google docs are better at this. Maybe this is why spreadsheets are not used often for things like this. My sentiment exactly — this should not be done in excel, but tell that to my boss. If he could browse internet from within excel he probably would. This code is great! I was surfing the net for hours to find something like this!

Your a life saver I was just doing this and I had to make some where near 50 checkboxes per sheet and was doing them 1 by 1 for the first 20 and thought OMG there has to be a better way…. I wonder… is there a way to reverse this process and remove all of the boxes as well? Yeah, I know, it can be done manually, but… HAHA! With ActiveSheet For Each myCell In.

Cells With myCell ActiveSheet. Delete End With Next myCell End With End Sub. I tested the code and it works ok. This is absolutely brilliant—exactly what I was looking for! Forgive my lack of knowledge, but is there any way to center the box in the cell?

The traditional centering does not work, nor does trying to circle it with the drawing tool. I had to play with the settings a bit to nudge the thing to where I wanted it, so you may have to use different values. Hope that makes sense. All i want it to do is display the word YES in the cell and the new cell each time a new row of data is inputted when checked and NO when unchecked.

Just created check boxes on a spreadsheet with this….

While we all feel Excel is not the best way to do it… what are other ways to make a check list? What are the other options? Works excellent thank you — however — when i select a check box it ticks the whole collumn — am i doing something wrong??? I seem to be having trouble with the placement of the checkboxes as well.

I am completely new to VBA. I thought maybe changing the code to the one you just provided. But when I run the macro with the code you provided I get the same error. Ultimately, I would just like to center the checkbox within the cells.

Any advice or tips you could provide would be greatly appreciated. Why does my formula not work with the linked column? I had the same problem, and the advice I was given was for the second prompt box, just put the letter of the column in, no numbers.

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So for the first prompt box I would put something like F5: F10, and for the second prompt box I just put F. Additionally, I have posted the VBA module that I used here. There are several modifications, including an altered delete and inserting boxes in ROWs not COLUMNs. I must be missing something. How do you get the labels names from a list?

What ever I enter in the label prompt is the name of ALL the checkboxes. If my list of labels is in Column C what would I put in the label prompt? How would I edit this code to create an array or grid of check boxes, rather than just a single column?

I spent a while trying to add multiple columns at once i. C20 before realising it only works on a column by column basis. But still saved me stacks of time. I have not done code before in Excel considering learning to do this in the future but, I copied and pasted the script, ran it, what happens is when I click any of the boxes, ALL of the boxes get a check mark. What did I do wrong? I see what I did wrong. In the second Option, I was entering not the column, but the range.

Figured it out and all os good. Exactly what I was looking for. Everything works for me but my checkboxes disappear when I save, close and then reopen the file. If I put my cursor at a certain position I can select the very edge of the box but they have moved position.

Is there any solution to this?

Well, I was able to find a solution to my problem of disappearing checkboxes above. I have Excel but decided to try out saving it as Excel Workbook and that seemed to solve the issue.

This is what I needed, after deleting the first and last rows my excel ran it and it worked! Thank you so much for this post.

It worked perfectly and saved me tons of time!!!! You are a genius. The idea that features like a column of checkboxes are so basic, and could be useful to so many people, that they should not require coding, or using a relational database and sacrificing ease-of-use of a spreadsheet. You are too awesome! I was pulling my hair out trying to figure out an easier way to do a work checklist- then I finally found this.

So basically they are all linked. Thanks for the code it worked. Please help me so that I can give the Linked cell its value. How would I form the syntax to uncheck the box if the value in another cell was than say 1? I tried this Code: Your email address will not be published. Comment var edInserted; if! Currently you have JavaScript disabled. In order to post comments, please make sure JavaScript and Cookies are enabled, and reload the page. Click here for instructions on how to enable JavaScript in your browser.

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How to Insert a Checkbox in Excel

Adding Checkboxes the Easy Way Dr. September 4, at Another reason to not use Excel… while i dont think the alternatives like OpenOffice or google docs are better at this Maybe this is why spreadsheets are not used often for things like this.

September 4, at 4: September 4, at 5: July 23, at 7: Thank you very much! This was just what I was looking for for my quest list. July 24, at 2: October 8, at 9: Exactly what I ve been looking for for years!

October 13, at 4: Thanks a lot from an unexperienced user.

You saved my life. December 17, at 2: January 11, at 4: April 15, at May 31, at 7: August 16, at 5: September 29, at 8: I tested the code and it works ok Thanks again.

January 12, at 9: January 14, at January 26, at 9: Please any help would be grately appreciated. February 12, at God bless you man. May 16, at Thank you very much for posting this: June 6, at 9: August 1, at Thank you, this is going yo make my life sooo simple!! September 13, at 6: September 15, at 1: November 25, at 5: January 11, at 7: January 11, at January 12, at 8: January 15, at 2: January 18, at 3: Height Ultimately, I would just like to center the checkbox within the cells.

January 19, at 6: February 9, at 1: February 11, at 6: February 14, at 1: March 11, at March 18, at 4: Did either ever figure it out? March 19, at 1: March 21, at March 21, at 5: Mark, I made a few mods to the code including positioning of the checkbox. April 15, at 2: July 18, at This is a lifesaver. August 14, at 4: Thanks for publishing this! September 17, at Did I do something wrong? November 9, at 1: January 21, at 2: April 3, at 4: Is there a way to use auto-number the labels?

Thanks for the macros: June 29, at 1: Thanks, you saved me a ton of work. August 2, at 5: August 2, at 6: Helped me in dozens of ways, eggs-actely wot I needed. April 19, at 5: April 30, at July 20, at October 16, at 5: Just what I needed , thanks for posting the code! June 29, at 4: October 9, at 1: November 1, at 5: Hey programmer, Thanks for the code it worked. December 1, at 8: Leave a Reply Cancel reply Your email address will not be published. Proudly powered by Monkeys.